Ante Pacem: Archaeological Evidence of Church Life Before Constantine - Graydon F. Snyder - Google Books

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Early Christianity emerged from obscurity to dominate the Roman world: that story, told and retold, continues to fascinate historians and believers. From literary remains scholars have fashioned a reasonably coherent portrait of Christian leaders and their…