The Transformation of Early Christianity from an Eschatological to a Socialized Movement / A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Literature in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy

by Lyford P. Edwards

The inconsistent and irreconciliable nature of the evidence about
The inconsistent and irreconcilable nature of the evidence about

references to interest, which may perhpas be due to the fact that in
references to interest, which may perhaps be due to the fact that in

condeming interest as such. In the minds of the early Christians the
condemning interest as such. In the minds of the early Christians the

prediliction of certain types of pecuniary interest for that reformer's
predilection of certain types of pecuniary interest for that reformer's

system of eccliastical polity. The Roman law did indeed fix a
system of ecclesiastical polity. The Roman law did indeed fix a

or act up to all thay they believe. Imagine a man acting on the
or act up to all that they believe. Imagine a man acting on the

institution they were perfectly familar and in universal observance
institution they were perfectly familiar and in universal observance

It was immoral to invest money in the consrtuction company that
It was immoral to invest money in the construction company that

economic and matters--and on other matters also. The difference in a
economic matters--and on other matters also. The difference in a

As soon as Christain doctrines became widespread enough to
As soon as Christian doctrines became widespread enough to