Early Christianity
Key Terms Historical Jesus Textual Communities House Church Martyrs Council of Nicaea, 325 CE St Jerome (347-420 CE) St Augustine (354-430) Docitrine of Original Sin
Historical Jesus Bible as History? Josephus, Jewish Antiquities Paul’s Letters Gospels Josephus, Jewish Antiquities Tacitus, Annals Lucian
Christian Communities: 62 AD
Textual Communities
House Church at Dura Europas, Syria
Remains of baptistery Dura Europas
Early anti-Christian Graffiti from Rome Alexamenos worships his god
Vahan Bego 2006 Andrea Mantegna, 1456-59.
BnF MS grec 510), folio 355. 9th c
Church Councils Church Fathers
St Jerome in his Study 1480 Fresco, 184 x 119 cm Ognissanti, Florence Botticelli-- augustine,
Credo in Deum Patrem omnipotentem, Creatorem caeli et terrae,et in Iesum Christum, Filium Eius unicum, Dominum nostrum, qui conceptus est de Spiritu Sancto, natus ex Maria Virgine, passus sub Pontio Pilato, crucifixus, mortuus, et sepultus, descendit ad ínferos, tertia die resurrexit a mortuis, ascendit ad caelos, sedet ad dexteram Patris omnipotentis, inde venturus est iudicare vivos et mortuos. Credo in Spiritum Sanctum,sanctam Ecclesiam catholicam, sanctorum communionem, remissionem peccatorum, carnis resurrectionem, vitam aeternam. Amen.
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