The Early Church's Surprising Take on Genesis 1

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“This video is a survey of how the days of creation in Genesis chapter 1 were understood within the early church. It won’t be totally exhaustive, but we’ll go pretty deep. It’ll be a long video.” - Gavin Ortlund

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Christianity Isn’t Western

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“It isn’t surprising that artifacts from this rich history will be found, but when they are, it’s a good reminder of how Christianity spread. It should also remind us that it’s not so much that Christianity is Western, but that Western culture is at root Christian.” - Breakpoint

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What Does a Little Silver Amulet Say About Early Christian History?

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“The amulet shows that Christianity had spread further north into Germania more quickly than we previously realized. We know there was a robust presence of Christianity north of the Alps in places like Lyons, Gaul (modern-day Lyon, France), where Irenaeus ministered as a priest from AD 161–80.” - TGC

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“the early church was not socialist.”

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“There are still arrangements like this. They’re called monasteries. Before exploring how monasteries show us how ‘socialism’ can work, let me acknowledge that I’m hesitant to present monasticism as ‘socialism.’ The voluntary profession of monasticism has nothing to do with the state seizing the means of production or the mass terror that inevitably follows in its wake.” - Acton

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