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A 4 page essay that summarizes and reflects on chapter 11 of Justo Gonzalez's The Story of Christianity, Volume 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation, No additional sources are cited.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Gonzalez, The Early Church, Chapter 11
Research Compiled By - February, 2012 properly! The Social Origins of Early
Christians Gonzalez begins this chapter by pointing out that surviving documents by the leaders of the church or those dealing with persecution only relate a partial picture of the era.
This section addresses this issue, providing more detail on Christian life. Gonzalez acknowledges that the complaint of Celsus, a pagan writer, that Christians were ignorant and lower class, has a
degree of truth, as not all Christians were culture and educated.i There are indications both in history and the Bible that, during its first three centuries, Christianity "belonged to the
lower echelons of society."ii This is in keeping with Gospel narratives that relate how Jesus primarily ministered to the poor, the sick and the despised. Gonzalez then relates some
of the legends from apocryphal gospels and these stories of Jesus childhood, which relate miraculous occurrences do sound as if they are the inventions of uneducated people.iii However, Gonzalez also
praises these writings, pointing out the "active, sovereign and just God" depicted in these texts is actually closer to the "God of Scripture" than is the "effable and distant One
of Clement of Alexandria."iv Christian Worship In describing the nature of Christian worship, Gonzalez draws on the Book of Acts and his analysis indicates that Christians gathered on Sunday, not
to stress the need for repentance, but rather to celebrate the day on which Christ was resurrected, citing Acts 2:46-47, which emphasizes that these were joyous happy gatherings, where people
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