In his book, “Evangelism In The Early Church,” Michael Green writes about the clash of Roman and Jewish religion: In their approach to the religions of other nations, the Romans showed great respect. They were not going to wage war on anyone’s gods. So they tended to identify the...

The First Epistle of Clement. The first discussed source is commonly called The First Epistle of Clement. This letter was written to the same Corinthian church to which Paul had written a short time before Clement’s epistle. In this letter, Clement is writing on behalf of the church at...

Early Church father Ambrose believed that clerics should not laugh or “jest,” as he calls it. Here is his reasoning: Jests, although at times they may be quite proper, should be altogether banished among clerics. The voice should be plain and frank. 102. Men of the world give...