Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Empire Baptized



I am just starting Wes Howard-Brook new book Empire Baptized (Orbis 2016).  Here my quick breakdown of the changes from the second century to the fifth century church:

Church Before Constantine                        Church After Constantine
persecuted minority                                    privileged majority
no political power                                       political clout and power
counter-cultural church                              status quo keeping church
church of powerless                                   Church of rich and powerful
no king but Christ                                      Pope and King often joined together


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