St. Paul's Ideology for the Urbanized Roman Empire

Authors

Saul Levin, State University of New York, Binghamton

Publication Date

10-1-1968

Document Type

Article

Keywords

marriage, roman empire, st. paul, rome, wife, army, children, christian, citizen, hellenistic ideology, citizenship

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

No one is likely to equal the sensation which Gibbon produced with the 15th and 16th chapters of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, where he viewed the rise of Christianity from the perspective of secular history. While he adhered on the surface to a pious, naive, and conventional veneration of the early church, at the same time he pierced the aura of holiness and taught his readers-in the name of philosophy-to understand religious movements realistically. It is unnecessary for us now to review the human causes which an 18th-century historian found for the success of Christianity.

Disciplines

Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)

1 Thessalonians 4:15-17; 1 Corinthians 15:51-54; 1 Corinthians 7:32-33, 35; 1 Corinthians 12:8; Galatians 1:1;

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Levin, Saul (1968) "St. Paul's Ideology for the Urbanized Roman Empire," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 39, Article 60.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol39/iss1/60