From Paul to Valentinus: Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries

by Peter Lampe, Michael Steinhauser

Overview

In this pathbreaking study of the rise and shape of the earliest churches in Rome, Lampe integrates history, archaeology, theology, and social analysis. He also takes a close look at inscriptional evidence to complement the reading of the great literary texts: from Paul's Letter to the Romans to the writings of Clement of Rome, Justin Martyr, Montanus, and Valentinus. Thoroughly reworked and updated by the author for this English-language edition, this study is a groundbreaking work, broad in scope and closely detailed. Lampe deals with the shape of leadership and the Christians' relation to the Judeans living in Rome. In six parts, comprised of fifty-one chapters and four appendices, Lampe greatly advances our knowledge of the shape of leadership and the Christians' relation to the Judeans living in Rome.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800627027
Publisher:	1517 Media
Publication date:	10/29/2003
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	544
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 2.00(d)

About the Author

Peter Lampe is Professor of New Testament at the University of Tubingen, Germany.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Robert Jewett

Editor's Note

Introduction

PART 1: INTRODUCTION: FROM THE BEGINNINGS OF URBAN ROMAN CHRISTIANITY TO THE SEPARATION FROM THE SYNAGOGUE

The Entrance of Christianity via the Trade Route

The "Edict of Claudius" and Separation from the Synagogue

PART 2: TOPOGRAPHY

In Which Quarters of the City Did the Christian Population Concentrate?

Did Particular Strata of the Population Predominate in the Quarters under Investigation?

PART 3: FIRST DIACHRONIC SECTION: GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT URBAN ROMAN CHRISTIANITY

Jewish and Gentile Christians

Information from Paul's Letter to the Romans and Acts 28:30f.

Information in Conjunction with the Persecution by Nero

Information from First Clement

Information from Ignatius' Letter to the Romans

The Shepherd of Hermas: Social Stratifications in the First Half of the Second Century and the Attendant Conflicts

The Writings of Justin: The Social Structures of Christianity at the Middle of the Second Century

The Excavation Complex at the Vatican

Social Stratification at the Time of Commodus

Traditio Apostolica

Summary and Conclusion

PART 4: SECOND DIACHRONIC SECTION: PROSOPOGRAPHIC INVESTIGATION

The Roman Christians of Romans 16

Claudius Ephebus and Valerius Biton (1 Clem. 63:3; 65:1)

Aquila and Prisca

Pomponia Graecina

T. Flavius Clemens and Flavia Domitilla

The Author of First Clement

The Person of Hermas

The Woman from Justin's Apology 2.2

Marcion

Justin

Tatian and Rhoden

Valentinians

Carpocratians

The Martyr Apollonius

Marcus Aurelius Prosenes and Other Members of Caesar's Familia

Two Wives of Governors: Women of Senatorial Rank

Representatives of Western Latin Education

The Theodotians

Praxeas, Gaius, and the Problem of "Hippolytus"

Summary

PART 5: THE FRACTIONATION OF ROMAN CHRISTIANITY

The Evidence of Fractionation

Private Property Utilized by the Church Community

The External Image of Christian House-Church Congregations

Fractionation and Theological Pluralism

Fractionation and Tolerance of People with Other Theological Opinions

Practionation, Monarchical Episcopacy, and Presbyterial Governance

PART 6: FINAL REMARKS

Appendix 1

Addendix 2

Appendix 3

Addpenix 4

Abbreviations

Bibliography

Maps, Diagrams, and Figures

Indexes