How the Earliest Christians Worshipped (In their own words)
In this video, we examine writings of the early Christians from C. 50AD to C. 155 AD to ask: How did they worship? What were some of their practices? and How were their churches structured? After a brief look at some of the New Testament books, we dive into non-biblical writings of other ancient Christians. I tried to let these ancient authors speak for themselves as much as possible, to tell us what they were like, in their own words. Timestamps 00:00 Pliny the Younger 04:20 Church, not Churches 10:08 Background 12:39 Acts 16:37 First Corinthians 21:49 First Timothy 26:47 Titus 28:16 James 29:38 First Clement 48:20 Ignatius of Antioch 1:11:29 Epistle of Polycarp 1:16:08 Papias 1:17:51 Hermas 1:22:04 Barnabas 1:26:50 Didache 1:35:50 Justin Martyr 1:51:10 Conclusions Sources (in order of appearance): Pliny the Younger's Letter to Trajan: http://vroma.org/vromans/hwalker/Pliny/Pliny10-096-E.html Jimmy Akin on Bible production costs: https://jimmyakin.com/2016/01/the-cost-of-the-gospels-and-the-synoptic-problem.html Greek/English Interlinear bible: https://biblehub.com/interlinear/ 1 Clement: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1010.htm Letters of St Ignatius of Antioch: http://persweb.wabash.edu/facstaff/royaltyr/AncientCities/web/bradleyj/Project%201/The%20Letters%20of%20Ignatius.html Epistle of Polycarp: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0136.htm Fragments of Papias' writings: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0125.htm Shepherd of Hermas: https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/shepherd-lightfoot.html Epistle of Barnabas: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0124.htm Didache: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0714.htm Justin Martyr's First Apology: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0126.htm Music: Vivaldi's Et Incarnatus Est, Advent Chamber Orchestra