Christian and Pagan in the Roman Empire
Subtitle: The Witness of Tertullian (Selections from the Fathers of the Church)
Contributors: Robert D. Sider (Editor)
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Published: October 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 177
ISBN-13: 9780813210216
Subjects: Early Church; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Paganism; Religion; Christianity and other religio; Religion - Church History; Ancient Rome; Ancient - Rome; Christianity - History - General; Christianity and other religions; Early works to 1800; Roman; Rome
First sentence: Very few documents from early Christianity reveal more vividly than Tertullian's Apology the perspectives from which Christians might look upon the pagan world that surrounded them, and the presuppositions they brought to the justification of their own role in society.