Common life in the early church
Subtitle: essays honoring Graydon F. Snyder
By: edited by Julian V. Hills ; with Richard B. Gardner ... [et al.].
Contributors: Snyder, Graydon F.; Hills, Julian Victor.; Gardner, Richard B., 1940-
Publisher: Trinity Press International
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Harrisburg, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 449
Subjects: Christian communities -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600.; Community -- Religious aspects -- Anabaptists.
Description: This book offers a breadth of focus on community or "common life" in various Christian eras, that is, how that life is pictured both in texts and in early Christian art. Readers will find opportunity here to become current regarding what has been said and what is being said about how religious communities have defined themselves and how they have been seen by outsiders.

In addition, readers will learn more about the origins of monasticism (a claim for a very early date is made), about Jewish and Christian relations in the early centuries, about house churches, and much more.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-423) and indexes.