Characteristics of the early Christianity

 

Characteristics of the early Christianity

• Urban than rural

• Women than men

• Individualistic
• Ascetic

• Monastic

• Power encounter

 

1Thes 1:5 in word ………. In power ………..in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction

 

Gospel Encounter

Truth encounter

 

Power encounter

 

 

 

 

 

Gospel Message in the Early Church

• Jesus is the Christ

• The Word became flesh!

 

 

Gospel agent in the early Church

• Martyrs
• Apologists
• Unknown Christians

 

 

Witnesses via Martyrdom

• Ignatius of Antioch d.117
• Polycarp of Smyrna d. 155
• Perpetual d. 203 (Roman Noble woman)

 

Epistle to Diognetus 5(AD 3)