Martyrdom in Modern Islam by Showkat Ahmad Dar

“…By quoting the remarks of Quintus Tertullian (d. c. 240), the father of Latin Christianity, namely, “your cruelty is our glory” and “the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church” (p. 26), Hatina seeks to express the early Christians’ readiness to embrace their non-violent and defensive deaths at the hands of the pagan Romans. …”
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Kościół Surb Sargis w Tekor w Armenii. Między Persją a Bizancjum by Daniel Próchniak

“…Strzygowski) and the documentation preserved allows us to treat it as one of the most important early-Christian buildings in both Armenia and the whole Orbis Christianus (Fig. 1-3). …”
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Problematiek rakende ‘opofferende en reinigende liefde’ in die bruid-en-bruidegom-metafoor (Ef 5:22–33) by Aletta Vrey

“…The critical feminist approach and its meaning and application to the ancient context of the early Christians in Ephesus serve as the hermeneutical model of this article. …”
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Genevieve Moracchini-Mazel e l’architettura romanica in Corsica: appunti per un riesame/Genevieve Moracchini-Mazel and Romanesque architecture in Corsica: notes for a reexamination... by Nicoletta Usai

“…Two of her monumental studies, both published in 1967 and devoted respectively to early Christian and Romanesque monuments, constituted foundational texts for the study of Corsica's architectural heritage for decades, until the most recent reinterpretations. …”
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Joseph de Maistre and the legacy of Enlightenment

“…Most intriguingly, and completely unsuspected until now, Maistre used the writings of the early Christian theologian Origen to develop a new, late, religious form of Enlightenment that shattered the logic of <em>philosophie</em>. …”

Paul’s approach to death in his letters and in early Pauline effective history by Kirk, AN

“…Although touching upon three areas of recent scholarly interest (Paul’s theology of death and beyond; Paul’s religious experience; and Pauline reception), this thesis sets forth a new research question and fresh interpretations of early Christian and Pauline texts.</p>…”

La burocracia episcopal en la Hispania tardorromana y visigótica (siglos IV-VII) by Meritxell PÉREZ MARTÍNEZ

“…</p><p>ABSTRACT: It is extremely interesting for the historian of the Late Roman and Visigothic periods to analyse the formation, consolidation and institutional workings of the early Christian Church, as a temporal institution. Available documentary testimony, which comes mainly from ecclesiastical sources, means that we can greatly develop our knowledge of the Church at this time by studying episcopal bureaucracy in Hispania between the fourth and the seventh centuries. …”
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Die tempel-metafoor in Efesiërs 2:11–22 as deel van identiteitsvorming van die gelowige in-groep by Aletta Vrey

“…Identity formation is linked to group membership, therefore the identity of the early Christian group is examined, to determine the influence it still has on the present-day unity among believers. …”
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Sabbath and Sunday: The meaning of the day of rest in the ancient church – A hope for the future? by Cristian Vaida

“…Contribution: By analysing early Christian literature, this study aims to investigate how the concept of Sabbath rest was taken up and reconstructed in Christianity in the celebration of Sunday, and how spiritual work was a constant in the life of Christian communities up until the 4th century, when Sunday rest was established by law. …”
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'And from his side came blood and milk': the martyrdom of St Philotheus of Antioch in Coptic Egypt by Rogozhina, A

“…For this purpose I focus primarily on the material provided by the texts forming the Coptic hagiographical tradition of the early Christian martyr Philotheus of Antioch, and more specifically - the <em>Martyrdom of St Philotheus of Antioch</em> (Pierpont Morgan M583). …”

LEXICAL innovation and Latin philosophical vocabulary: from Cicero to Boethius by Dowson, C

“…This ‘refraction’ of thought carried far-reaching consequences for early Christian authors and the Scholastic movement of the Middle Ages. …”

EXPERIENCIAS DE CORDILLERA, ECOS DE FRÍO: RELATOS CRUZADOS ENTRE CHILE Y QUITO EN EL SIGLO XVI by Alejandra Vega

“…The features of conversation, as a social practice, allowed the register ofan early Christian conceptualization of the Tawantinsuyu territory. …”
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The Confrontational and Mainstream Christianity and Montanism by Vali Abdi

“…Nonetheless, the new movement declined in the 6th century. Contrary to the early Christian so-called heretical sects, the opposition between Montanism and the representatives of mainstream Christianity did not result from the Trinitarian and Christological doctrines. …”
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Gilson on the Rationality of Christian Belief by Curtis L. Hancock

“…Still, Étienne Gilson reminds us in Reason and Revelation in the Middle Ages that some early Christians rejected philosophy. Their rejection was based on fideism: the view that faith alone provides knowledge. …”
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Feminisms and Challenges to Institutionalized Philosophy of Religion by Nathan Eric Dickman

“…I turn our attention to struggles over fitting criteria for leadership between Mary Magdalene and Peter in early Christian contexts. I have us listen to Muslim women who seek to speak for themselves, many of whom describe Muhammad as a feminist. …”
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За възможните източници на апокрифния мотив „Сатанаил отказва да се поклони на Адам“ в едно раннохристиянско мъчение... by Ана [Ana] Стойкова [Stoĭkova]

“… On the possible sources of the apocryphal motif “Satanael refuses to bow to Adam” in one early Christian passion The article discusses the medieval literary works containing one of the variants of the apocryphal motif “the fall of the Rebel Angel from Heaven,” where Satanael calls himself “a fire flame” and refuses to bow to Adam, who was created “from mud.” …”
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Τέσσερις νέες επιγραφές από την Έδεσσα και την Αλμωπία by Αναστασία Χρυσοστόμου

“…<p> </p><p> </p><p><object id="ieooui" classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D"></object></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Gentium; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">Two new inscribed tombstones, dating from the Roman and Early Christian periods</span><span style="font-family: Gentium; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB">,</span><span style="font-family: Gentium; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"> were found in the Agios Nikolaos area in the lower town of ancient Edessa and were added to the already substantial local collection. …”
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New Findings of Crosses on the Territory of Historical Alania by Viktor Chkhaidze

“…Therefore, the study of this category of finds makes the historical and social portrait of the early Christians of the North Caucasus more prominent. …”
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Three comments on late antiquity history by Milin Milena L.

“…On terms Ecclesia and catholica in Early Christian texts from Sirmium The term Ecclesia catholica is found at the end of Passion of St. …”
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The Concept of Post-Non-Classic al Methodological Strategy by Professor Olexander Oguy by Olha Chervinska

“…The latter had been accompanying the formation of the German nation from the early Christian days and the Great Relocation of Peoples till the end of the Middle Ages, as well as had exercised a direct influence on the changes in the literary process.…”
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