ReligiÃ¶se IndividualitÃ¤t und FamilienidentitÃ¤t im frÃ¼hen Christentum

Markus Ãhler

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ReligiÃ¶se IndividualitÃ¤t und FamilienidentitÃ¤t im frÃ¼hen Christentum

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Pages:: 277â302

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.30965/9783846765760_014

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On the one hand, the article deals with the development of religiosity in early Christianity within households, with a special focus on the pagan context. On the other hand, the question of how and whether individual piety was possible at all is addressed. On the basis of 1Cor 7:12â16 it is shown which problems could arise for Christ believers in non-Christian households, both within the household community and in the Christian assembly. Paulâs approaches to solving these problems range from peaceful coexistence to a departure from enslaving conditions, with the salvation of non-believers being, up to a certain point, an essential movement of action. The author of Acts, however, focused more clearly on the collective worship of Christ by narrating, on several occasions and in detail, group conversions of entire households. His account is thus part of a call for uniformity at the level of the family or household, which has been more clearly expressed since the early 2nd century. Finally, in the Acts of John, a story about the strategist Lycomedes and his wife Cleopatra shows how, on the one hand, faith of an individual becomes a starting point for the conversion of an entire household. On the other hand, it also tells of an individual form of worship in the private sphere, which is criticised.

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Religionspraxis und IndividualitÃ¤t

Die Bedeutung von PersÃ¶nlicher FrÃ¶mmigkeit und Family Religion fÃ¼r das Personkonzept in der Antike

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