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For other religious movements of the day, such as Mithraism or the cult of Jupiter Dolichenus, for example, there are the remains of numerous shrines and dedicatory inscriptions but no texts.46 For early Christianity, however, there are no known church structures or inscriptions prior to sometime in the third century AD, but there is this huge catalogue of texts. This is yet another indication that early Christianity was different from at least most other religious groups of the time.

Destroyer of the Gods

Larry W. Hurtado

In fasting, what begins with experiencing the emptiness of our stomach ends in experiencing the emptiness of the world.

The Common Rule

Justin Whitmel Earley

In short, the kingdom is concerned with the stuff of sociology—with redeeming communities, institutions, and systems of human organization.

Desiring the Kingdom

James K. A. Smith

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