“A whole range of activities remained largely unregulated, spontaneously generating separate forms of organisation, and existing independently of any consecrated 'official' To overlook the extent of private initiative would be to ignore a major impulse to early Christian expansion. In homes, whole families adopted a style of life modelled on the Apostles.” WholeHomeWould BeChristianFormStyleActivityMajorsImpulseRangeOfficialsInitiativeExpansionAdoptedApostlesOrganisationWhole Family Book:The Formation of Christendom Source: The Formation of Christendom
“The episcopal church was destined, inevitably, to grow further and further away from the Christian teaching of poverty and denial of worldly goods. It became more like an additional arm of secular administration.” ChristianGrowsChurchPovertyTeachingArmsAdministrationDenialGoodsSecularWorldlyDestinedChristian Teaching Author:Judith Herrin