Mission Paradigm of Early Church & Formation of Christian Empire

 

Mission Paradigm of Early Ch

Early Ch I (AD 30-313)

Witnessing through dying

 

II (AD 313-500)

Witnessing through living

-Mission and lifestyle

 

(World Christian Trends data)

 

Tertullian

"the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church"

 

 

 

 

Constantine

Religio licita ("permitted religion," also translated as "approved religion")

 

Formation of Christian Empire

• Conversion of Constantine (313)
• Edict of Milan (313)
• Church Councils (325, 381, 431, 451) defined what is truly Christian faith
• Barbarian Invasions (410)
• Decline of the Empire