Landmarks in the History of Early Christianity - Paperback

by Kirsopp Lake (Author)

Landmarks in the History of Early Christianity is a classic Christian history text by Kirsopp Lake. The general condition of religion in the Roman Empire at the beginning of the Christian era was one of far advanced disintegration and rapid synthesis. In every district there could be found the remains of old local religions, which retained the loyalty of the conservative, but no longer aroused any vital response in the emotions of the multitudes or in the interest of the educated.