Mission and conversion proselytizing in the religious history of the Roman Empire
The author offers an explanation of the origins of mission in the Early Church, arguing that mission is not an inherent religious instinct, that in antiquity it was found only sporadically among Jews and pagans, and that even Christians rarely stressed its importance in the early centuries
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Clarendon
1994, 1994
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The author offers an explanation of the origins of mission in the Early Church, arguing that mission is not an inherent religious instinct, that in antiquity it was found only sporadically among Jews and pagans, and that even Christians rarely stressed its importance in the early centuries |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 194 p. |
| ISBN: | 9780191682674 0191682675 |