Both Peter Brown’s World of Late Antiquity and Larry Hurtado’s Earliest Christian Artifacts discuss the spread of the Christian church and its cultural influence on its people; However, there are many differences between the two writings, stylistically and subject matter-wise. In Peter Brown’s work, Continue reading →

Peter Brown’s and Larry Hurtado’s writings are both argumentative pieces on specific aspects of Christianity. With the exception of this similarity, their writings contain many distinct differences. In The World of Late Antiquity, Brown asserts that the spread of Christianity was Continue reading →

While reading both The Conversion of Christianity, 300-363 by Peter Brown and Larry Hurtado’s The Earliest Christian Artifacts side by side, it is easy to see how both writers have very similar topics however each piece takes a different route to how Continue reading →

In “The Early Christian Preference for the Codex,” by Larry Hurtado and in “The Conversion of Christianity,” by Peter Brown, both authors aim to educate a specific audience about the social and cultural aspects of the rise of Christianity in the Continue reading →

In reading the chapter “The Conversion of Christianity” from The World of Late Antiquity by Peter Brown and  “The Early Christian Preference for the Codex” from The Earliest Christian Artifacts by Larry Hurtado, we experience two very different opinions and points of view concerning Continue reading →

In Peter Brown’s writing The World of Late Antiquity and Larry Hurtado’s The Earliest Christian Artifacts, they both discuss their different views on the creation of Christianity. In one of the chapters from The Earliest Christian Artifacts, Larry Hurtado discusses the history of Christians and their use of Continue reading →

After a period of great decline, something is always born and built up in its place. The fall of the Roman Empire is no exception to this rule. As seen in both Peter Brown’s and Larry Hurtado’s texts, this was Continue reading →

Both Peter Brown’s chapter “The Conversion of Christianity” and Larry Hurtado’s “The Early Christian Preference for the Codex”  focus on a time in history in which Christianity was beginning to spread throughout society. The church was starting to have a Continue reading →

The decline of the Roman empire was an important event of the fourth empire. During the same time period, the Christian church gained great power and influence; however, this movement is sometimes less acknowledged as the decline of the Roman Continue reading →

During the time that was referred to by Peter Brown as the “Late Antiquity”, the Christian church was slowly taking over the Greco-Roman world.  However, since people are mainly focused on how the Roman empire declined during that time, the Continue reading →