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The Theology of Mundane Matter in Late Antiquity: Church Property, Material Resources, and Everyday Economic Practice in the Early Christian World

Grace, Daniel J.

This article examines the practical management of material resources in late-antique Christian communities. While histories of early Christianity often concentrate on councils, creeds, bishops, and theological controversies, churches also had to manage land, buildings, oil, wax, grain, clothing, liturgical objects, donations, charitable distributions,…

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The House Churches of Asia Minor

Grace, Daniel J.

The Hidden World of Early Christian Gatherings in the Seven Churches of Revelation When modern Christians think about church, they often imagine a dedicated building with a sanctuary, pulpit, choir, classrooms, offices, and perhaps a large congregation gathered for worship. Yet the believers…

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First Urban Churches in Roman Corinth

Grace, Daniel J.

This article explores the rise of the first urban Christian churches in Corinth during the height of the Roman Empire. It examines how Christianity emerged within one of the ancient world’s most cosmopolitan and commercially powerful cities, shaped by trade, migration, social inequality,…

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