Becoming Christian: On the Identification of Christ-Believers as Χριστιανοί
The origin of the designation χριστιανός is ambiguous. In this article, the use of this term is studied with special emphasis on how it reflects the self- understanding of the early Christians in the respective texts. In the late first and early second centuries, the term appears to have been someth...
| Subtitles: | Becoming Christian: On the Identification of Christ-Believers as Christianoi |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2020
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| In: |
Journal of early Christian history
Year: 2020, Volume: 10, Issue: 3, Pages: 64-82 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
| Further subjects: | B
Pliny
B Ignatius of Antioch B Suetonius B Christian B χριστιανός B Epistle to Diognetus B Acts B 1 Peter |
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| Summary: | The origin of the designation χριστιανός is ambiguous. In this article, the use of this term is studied with special emphasis on how it reflects the self- understanding of the early Christians in the respective texts. In the late first and early second centuries, the term appears to have been something of a title of honour and an ideal which Christ-believers wished to attain. Toward the end of the second century, χριστιανός was somewhat diluted into referring to Christians as a group in general. |
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| ISSN: | 2471-4054 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of early Christian history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/2222582X.2020.1785905 |