Hi,i want to study the time, culture etc. in which the first christians lived.Because of that i am interested in any writings from people (may it be christians or non-christians) who lived in that time and who talk about the church, how they lived, what they believed and so on.Is there anything like that out there?Would appreciate any help.Daniel
_________________Daniel Sahm
Hi Brother,As you would expect, there are plenty of resources but here are a few that might give a quick overview before zeroing on any one writer...[url=http://www.amazon.com/Christians-Romans-Saw-Them/dp/0300036272]Christians as the Romans saw them[/url] uses letters from the time to offer some surprising and even shocking views of the Christians by some very cosmopolitan pagans.You might find it interesting to look closer at [url=http://www.amazon.com/Daily-Life-Ancient-Rome-People/dp/0300101864/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3836380-4310402?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176613558&sr=1-1]Daily Life in Ancient Rome[/url] to see how it compares with daily life today in our society...not the usual political and military history.[url=http://www.amazon.com/Early-Christian-Writings-Apostolic-Classics/dp/0140444750]Early Christian Writings (Penguin Classics)[/url] is a general sampler.The [url=http://www.amazon.com/Dictionary-Early-Christian-Beliefs/dp/1565633571/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3836380-4310402?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176613001&sr=1-1]Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs[/url] is a nifty sampling of writings arranged topically on subjects as diverse as theology, war, abortion, music, and of course, persecution. (The early church was afterall, the "Persecution Driven Church.")Blessings,MC
_________________Mike Compton
I am going to bump this post so I can look into your references later. thanks from me also.
_________________KLC
Hi,thank you very much for your reply Compton, will definetely look into these books!Daniel
Try looking up some of the reference here, start with Justin Martyr http://www.ccel.org There's alot of PDF formated writtings here that'll take you alooooooong time to go through. FREE!
_________________D.Miller
Here's another;[url=http://chi.gospelcom.net/]Christian History Institute[/url]
_________________Mike Balog