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[ Pharos 25 ]
God's servant - anti-Christian global power.
Perceptions of Rome and attitudes to Rome in earliest Christianity.
Marcello Bisotti
Paperpack
The attitude of the earliest Christians towards Rome was very different. In Paul‘s Epistle to the Romans, the perception of Rome was almost exclusively positive due to the absence of negative experiences. The situation is similar in the Acts of the Apostles, which contrast the “good old times“ of Paul with the lifetime of the writer and make any discussion about the legitimation of authorities superfluous because of their apologetic intention. The first Epistle of Peter knows of empire-wide suffering and distress, but no governmental persecution. Rome appears in an ambivalent fashion, negative because of the culpability of being a Christian, positive as a regulative factor. Clearly negative is the view of Rome in the Book of Revelation with its eschatological attitude, which connects the Roman practice of power with Satan. In the Epistles of Timothy, there is no consideration of Rome. The Christians appear assimilated and pray for all humans. All in all, there is no stringent line of development, but rather a many-voiced choir of more or less contemporary voices. The converse thoughts and anti-imperial interpretation of an American research group around Horsley are being refuted.
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| Content: | 296 pages | Cover: | Paperback | |
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| Text: | German | Size: | 15,2 x 22,0 cm (8°) | |
| Abstracts in other languages: | English | weight: | 680 g | |
| Keywords: | bible, Christian mission, church, Roman Empire | Series: | Pharos Studien zur griechisch-römischen Antike | |
| ISSN: | 1435-6457 | |||
| Ph D thesis | Universität Hamburg, 2009 | ISBN-13: | 978-3-86757-253-8 | |
| ISBN-10: | 3-86757-253-4 | |||
| Place of Publication: | Rahden/Westf. | |||
| Price: | 36,80 € | Date of Publication: | 2009 | |