Edward Adams challenges a strong consensus in New Testament and Early Christian studies: that the early Christians met 'almost exclusively' in houses. This assu

Recent research has made a strong case for the view that Early Christian communities, sociologically considered, functioned as voluntary religious associations.

Refers to New Testament teachings while delineating the nature of early Christian worship of God. Bibliogs.

For all iconophiles, that is, those who accept the dogma of the Seventh Ecumenical Council, but especially the Orthodox who claim that the icon has a sacramenta

"Magisterial. . . . A learned, brilliant and enjoyable study."—Géza Vermès, Times Literary Supplement In this exciting book, Paula Fredriksen explains the v