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Early persecutions

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The faithfulness of Christian martyrs had a great influence on those who witnessed their courage and, as a result, countless men and women converted to the faith.

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Early Christian schools

December 29, 2020December 29, 2020 by General Reference

The schools, especially the one in Alexandria, preserved early writings and produced important scholars who impacted the church for centuries.

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Writings of the Church Fathers

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The Church Fathers anticipated Augustine by two centuries in their formulation of the doctrine of original sin and in their acceptance of the principle of divine grace.

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Writings of the Apologists

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The result of the writings of the Apologists was to dignify Christianity and give it a place as a reasoned system of thought, not merely as a passing spiritual fad.

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Writings of the Apostolic Fathers

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These writings encouraged the early Christians and give scholars today information about a period of early Christian history that is otherwise relatively obscure.

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Establishment of the Canon

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The Festal Letter of Athanasius in 367 contains the names of twenty-six books of the New Testament, the same as now. The establishment of the canon set the foundation upon which the Church was built.

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Establishment of the Epistles

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Paul’s letters established much of the framework upon which Christian doctrine is built.

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Establishment of the Gospels

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As soon as the first written Gospels were available they were read in the churches. Every church had its own collection of manuscript rolls, which were highly prized.

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Threat of Gnosticism

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The competition with Gnosticism compelled the early Christians to define and defend their faith, and supplied certain of the technical terms of later theology. With the aid of apologists and teachers, the Church worked itself free from Gnosticism.

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Jerusalem Council

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This conference, held in about the year 50, not only set the course for the future of missionary outreach it also signaled Paul’s supremacy over Peter in the leadership of the early church.

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