Christian Teachers in Second-Century Rome situates second-century Christian teachers such as Marcion, Justin, Valentinus and others in the social and intellectu

of the Pope." --Book Jacket.

Christianity in the Second Century seeks to show how academic study on this critical period of Christian development has undergone change over the last thirty y

This book offers an engrossing portrayal of the early years of the Christian movement from the perspective of the Romans.

The book deals with thinkers and movements that were embraced by many second-century religious seekers but which are now largely forgotten or known only as "her