From Christ to ChristianityHow did the movement founded by Jesus transform more in the first seventy five years after his death than it has in the two thousand years since? This book tells the story of how the Christian movement, which began as relatively informal, rural, Hebrew and Aramaic speaking, and closely anchored to the Jewish synagogue, became primarily urban, Greek speaking, and gentile by the early second century, spreading through the Greco Roman world with a
personal experiences of God provide an important ground or justification for accepting the truth of the gospel
intentional listeners
In this addition to the successful Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture
seasoned New Testament scholar and popular speaker Peter Williamson interprets Revelation from within the living tradition of the Church
For many in the English-speaking world
The series editors are David G
key Scripture passages
World-renowned scholar Michael Gorman presents a straightforward approach to the complex task of biblical exegesis
The Touchstone Texts series addresses key Bible passages
may be the largest and most thoroughly documented Acts commentary ever written
and mission (God the Holy Spirit working through us)
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