The Conflict of Christianity with Heathenism
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
The Conflict of Christianity with Heathenism was well received in Germany and quickly translated into English, Swedish, and Danish. The text was based on the best scholarship available and offers valuable insight into the struggles between early Christians and the pagans they encountered.
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If you like this resource be sure to check out Classic Studies on Persecution in Early Christianity (7 vols.)
Top Highlights
“A Roman’s religious duties were prescribed for him with the greatest exactness, and to the last detail. What god he was to invoke, in what way, with what words, all this was definitely settled by ancient tradition.” (Page 35)
“Roman religion was a lifeless ritualism, a punctilious repetition of liturgical formulas, although the language used had ceased to be intelligible.” (Page 161)
“Here, therefore, was the point where the growing Christianity necessarily came into sharpest conflict with Heathenism” (Page 60)
“Not infrequently it occurred that a slave was an elder in the same church of which his master was only a member” (Page 186)
“their refusal to strew incense to the Emperor, was what decided the fate of most of the martyrs.” (Page 61)
Johann Wilhelm Gerhard Uhlhorn (1826–1901) was an Evangelical Lutheran theologian and the abbot of Loccum and Oberkonsistorialrat. His other works include Homilies and the Recognitions of Clement of Rome, Mixed Lectures on Church Life of the Past, and The Christian Charity in the Ancient Church.
Reviews
1 rating
David Reid
2/19/2021
WOW! This is so well written and gives a vivid sense of the world into which the Gospel first came. I wish I could give it more stars. It brings those days to life. HIGHLY recommended.