Alomorfias do cristianismo primitivo: do decesso de Jesus ao concílio de Éfeso (séc. I a V D C).

Abstract

This monograph aims to demonstrate how Hellenic culture (3rd and 2nd centuries BC) and later Roman traditions from the 1st century were instrumental in the development and transformation of Christian doctrine, which culminated in the institutionalisation of Christianity as the official religion of the Roman Empire in 313 AD. By analyzing the historical and social context of the Asian part of the Roman domains, mainly Judea and Galilee – through the documentary record of the gospels and the apostolic fathers, in addition to the dialogue with Veyne (2010) –, we can reveal the difference between the practices disseminated by the first apostles of Jesus and those that were widespread in the fifth century. It also analyses the reasons for adopting these practices and whether they were fundamental to the institutionalisation of the imperial Christian religion. The research will prioritise dogmas and traditions that are explicitly from the culture, philosophy and religiosity of the Greeks and Romans and that were adopted by the followers of Christianity from the first century until the Council of Ephesus in 431 AD.