Christianity and Classical Culture in the Third Century

The Church's faith is held, confessed, and lived invariably in a friction-full relationship to the world. What then can we learn about Christian identity and faithfulness now by considering such faithfulness in an older era? We may find it difficult to name many figures or events in the Church of the third century. This is understandable as this is a period bracketed on one side by the close of the apostolic era and the first years of the church's expansion and on the other side by the f...