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Early Controversies and the Growth of Christianity RecentTitlesinthe PraegerSerieson theAncient World DaughtersofGaia:WomenintheAncientMediterraneanWorld BellaVivante SportinAncientTimes NigelB.Crowther PoliticsandSocietyinAncientGreece NicholasF.Jones ImaginingMen:IdealsofMasculinityinAncientGreekCulture ThomasVanNortwick WarfareintheAncientWorld:FromPrehistorytotheFallofRome,3500B.C.–476A.D. StefanG.Chrissanthos ControllingDesires:SexualityinAncientGreeceandRome KirkOrmand EatingtoExcess:TheMeaningofGluttonyandtheFatBodyintheAncientWorld SusanE.Hill Early Controversies and the Growth of Christianity Kevin W. Kaatz Praeger Series onthe AncientWorld Bella Vivante, SeriesEditor Copyright2012byKevinW.Kaatz Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedina retrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic, mechanical,photocopying,recording,orotherwise,exceptfortheinclusionofbrief quotationsinareview,withoutpriorpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Kaatz,Kevin. EarlycontroversiesandthegrowthofChristianity/KevinW.Kaatz. p.cm.—(Praegerseriesontheancientworld) Includesbibliographicalreferences(p. )andindex. ISBN 978–0–313–38359–5 (hardcopy : alk. paper) — ISBN 978–0–313–38360–1 (ebook) 1. Church history—Primitive and early church, ca. 30–600. 2. Church controversies—History. I.Title. BR162.3.K33 2012 2730.1—dc23 2011049485 ISBN:978–0–313–38359–5 EISBN:978–0–313–38360–1 16 15 14 13 12 1 2 3 4 5 ThisbookisalsoavailableontheWorldWideWebasaneBook. Visitwww.abc-clio.comfordetails. Praeger AnImprintofABC-CLIO,LLC ABC-CLIO,LLC 130CremonaDrive,P.O.Box1911 SantaBarbara,California93116-1911 Thisbookisprintedonacid-freepaper ManufacturedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica ToDougandtoMac,myfather-in-law,whodied beforeseeingthefinalversion. This page intentionally left blank Contents SeriesForewordbyBellaVivante ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction xiii 1. PaulandtheEarlyChristians 1 2. TheEarlyDefendersoftheFaith 19 3. Marcion:ANewInterpretation 43 4. TheManichaeans 59 5. TheChristianizingoftheEmpire 75 6. Arianism 97 7. ThePoweroftheBishops 119 Conclusion 141 Bibliography 145 FurtherReading 153 Index 155 This page intentionally left blank Series Foreword Thelivesofancientpeoplesmayseemfarremoved,socially,linguistically,and especiallytechnologically,fromtheconcernsofthemodernworld.Yetthepop- ularityofhistoricalsubjectsonboththebigandlittlescreens—Troy,Alexander, 300;HBO’sRome,themanyHistoryChannelprograms—demonstratestheabid- ingfascinationtheancientworldcontinuestoexert.Somepeoplearedrawnto thedramaticdifferencesbetweentheancientandmodern;othersseektofind theoriginsforcontemporaryculturalfeaturesorthesourcestoprovidemeaning toourmodernlives.Regardlessofapproach,thepastholdssomethingvaluable forallofus.Itisliterallytherootofwhoweare,physicallythroughouractual ancestors,andculturallyinestablishingthefoundationsforourcurrentbeliefs and practices in religious, social, domestic and political arenas. The same ancientsthatwestudywerethemselvesdrawntotheirownpasts,oftenasking questionssimilartotheonesweposetodayaboutourpast. ThebooksinPraeger’sseriesontheAncientWorldaddressdifferenttopics fromvariousperspectives.Theonesonmyth,sports,technology,warfare,and womenexplorethesesubjectscross-culturally,bothwithintheancientMediter- raneancontext—Egypt,Mesopotamia,Greece,Rome,andothers—andbetween theancientMediterraneanculturesandthoseoftheAmericas,Africa,andAsia. Others,includingthevolumesonliterature,men,sexuality,andpoliticsandsoci- ety,examinetheirtopicmorespecificallywithinaGreekorGreekandRoman culturalframework. Allrenownedscholarscommittedtobringingthefruitsoftheirresearchto wideraudiences,eachauthorbringsadistinctivenewapproachtotheirtopic thatdifferentiatesthemfromthemanybooksthatexistontheancientworld.A majorstrengthofthefirstgroup istheirmulticulturalbreadth,whichbothis informativeinitscomprehensiveembraceandprovidesnumerousopportunities forcomparativeinsights.Likewise,thebooksinthesecondgroupexploretheir topicsindramaticallynewways:theinnerlifeofmaleidentity;thecontributions ofbothwomenandmentothesocialpolity;theancientconstructionsofcon- ceptsofsexualityanderoticism.

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Early Controversies and the Growth of Christianity RecentTitlesinthe PraegerSerieson theAncient World DaughtersofGaia:WomenintheAncientMediterraneanWorld BellaVivante SportinAncientTimes NigelB.Crowther PoliticsandSocietyinAncientGreece NicholasF.Jones ImaginingMen:IdealsofMasculinityinAncientGreekCulture ThomasVanNortwick WarfareintheAncientWorld:FromPrehistorytotheFallofRome,3500B.C.–476A.D. StefanG.Chrissanthos ControllingDesires:SexualityinAncientGreeceandRome KirkOrmand EatingtoExcess:TheMeaningofGluttonyandtheFatBodyintheAncientWorld SusanE.Hill Early Controversies and the Growth of Christianity Kevin W. Kaatz Praeger Series onthe AncientWorld Bella Vivante, SeriesEditor Copyright2012byKevinW.Kaatz Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedina retrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic, mechanical,photocopying,recording,orotherwise,exceptfortheinclusionofbrief quotationsinareview,withoutpriorpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Kaatz,Kevin. EarlycontroversiesandthegrowthofChristianity/KevinW.Kaatz. p.cm.—(Praegerseriesontheancientworld) Includesbibliographicalreferences(p. )andindex. ISBN 978–0–313–38359–5 (hardcopy : alk. paper) — ISBN 978–0–313–38360–1 (ebook) 1. Church history—Primitive and early church, ca. 30–600. 2. Church controversies—History. I.Title. BR162.3.K33 2012 2730.1—dc23 2011049485 ISBN:978–0–313–38359–5 EISBN:978–0–313–38360–1 16 15 14 13 12 1 2 3 4 5 ThisbookisalsoavailableontheWorldWideWebasaneBook. Visitwww.abc-clio.comfordetails. Praeger AnImprintofABC-CLIO,LLC ABC-CLIO,LLC 130CremonaDrive,P.O.Box1911 SantaBarbara,California93116-1911 Thisbookisprintedonacid-freepaper ManufacturedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica ToDougandtoMac,myfather-in-law,whodied beforeseeingthefinalversion. This page intentionally left blank Contents SeriesForewordbyBellaVivante ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction xiii 1. PaulandtheEarlyChristians 1 2. TheEarlyDefendersoftheFaith 19 3. Marcion:ANewInterpretation 43 4. TheManichaeans 59 5. TheChristianizingoftheEmpire 75 6. Arianism 97 7. ThePoweroftheBishops 119 Conclusion 141 Bibliography 145 FurtherReading 153 Index 155 This page intentionally left blank Series Foreword Thelivesofancientpeoplesmayseemfarremoved,socially,linguistically,and especiallytechnologically,fromtheconcernsofthemodernworld.Yetthepop- ularityofhistoricalsubjectsonboththebigandlittlescreens—Troy,Alexander, 300;HBO’sRome,themanyHistoryChannelprograms—demonstratestheabid- ingfascinationtheancientworldcontinuestoexert.Somepeoplearedrawnto thedramaticdifferencesbetweentheancientandmodern;othersseektofind theoriginsforcontemporaryculturalfeaturesorthesourcestoprovidemeaning toourmodernlives.Regardlessofapproach,thepastholdssomethingvaluable forallofus.Itisliterallytherootofwhoweare,physicallythroughouractual ancestors,andculturallyinestablishingthefoundationsforourcurrentbeliefs and practices in religious, social, domestic and political arenas. The same ancientsthatwestudywerethemselvesdrawntotheirownpasts,oftenasking questionssimilartotheonesweposetodayaboutourpast. ThebooksinPraeger’sseriesontheAncientWorldaddressdifferenttopics fromvariousperspectives.Theonesonmyth,sports,technology,warfare,and womenexplorethesesubjectscross-culturally,bothwithintheancientMediter- raneancontext—Egypt,Mesopotamia,Greece,Rome,andothers—andbetween theancientMediterraneanculturesandthoseoftheAmericas,Africa,andAsia. Others,includingthevolumesonliterature,men,sexuality,andpoliticsandsoci- ety,examinetheirtopicmorespecificallywithinaGreekorGreekandRoman culturalframework. Allrenownedscholarscommittedtobringingthefruitsoftheirresearchto wideraudiences,eachauthorbringsadistinctivenewapproachtotheirtopic thatdifferentiatesthemfromthemanybooksthatexistontheancientworld.A majorstrengthofthefirstgroup istheirmulticulturalbreadth,whichbothis informativeinitscomprehensiveembraceandprovidesnumerousopportunities forcomparativeinsights.Likewise,thebooksinthesecondgroupexploretheir topicsindramaticallynewways:theinnerlifeofmaleidentity;thecontributions ofbothwomenandmentothesocialpolity;theancientconstructionsofcon- ceptsofsexualityanderoticism.

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