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Early Christian inscriptions are the epigraphical remains of early Christianity. They are a valuable source of information in addition to the writings of the Church Fathers regarding the development of Christian thought and life in the first six centuries of the religion's existence. [ 2 ]
The Inscription of King Mesha: 320–321: The Moabite Stone: Siloam inscription: 2.28: The Siloam Tunnel Inscription: 321: The Siloam Inscription: Yehimilk inscription: 2.29: The Inscription of King Yahimilk: 653–654: Yehimilk of Byblos: Kilamuwa Stela: 2.30: The Kulamuwa Inscription: 654–655: Kilamuwa of Y'dy-Sam'al: Yehawmilk Stele: 2.32 ...
They are the early and influential theologians and writers in the early Christian Church, who had strong influence on the development of proto-orthodoxy. They produced two sorts of works: theological and "apologetic", the latter being works aimed at defending the faith by using reason to refute arguments against the veracity of Christianity.
The present article was begun with the limited purpose of making known the new inscriptions discovered by the Harvard-Catholic University Joint Expedition to Serabit in the spring of 1930. In the course of this study, I perceived that some signs doubtful in the inscriptions already published were made clear by the new slabs, and I decided to go ...
See also Titulus (Roman Catholic) for Roman churches called tituli, or titulus (disambiguation) for more meanings. Titulus (Latin "inscription" or "label", the plural tituli is also used in English) is a term used for the labels or captions naming figures or subjects in art, which were commonly added in classical and medieval art , and remain ...
In antiquity, the cross, i.e. the instrument of Christ's crucifixion (crux, stauros), was taken to be T-shaped, while the X-shape ("chiasmus") had different connotations.. There has been scholarly speculation on the development of the Christian cross, the letter Chi used to abbreviate the name of Christ, and the various pre-Christian symbolism associated with the chiasmus interpreted in terms ...
Pages in category "Early Christianity-related inscriptions" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Catholic writer Karl Keating argues that patrology is the study of the Early Fathers and their contemporaries as people, and the authenticity of the works attributed to them. Patristics, on the other hand, is the study of their thought.