Ronald J. Sider (PhD, Yale University) is the founder and president emeritus of Evangelicals for Social Action and professor of theology, holistic ministry, and public policy at Palmer Theological Seminary in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. He is the author of many books, including the bestselling Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger and The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience.

"An exceedingly careful, measured study of the literary evidence left by the early church on the morality of killing. It should prove to be authoritative in this field." --David P. Gushee, Center for Theology and Public Life, Mercer University

• IntroductionPart 1: Christian Writers before Constantine1. Didache2. The Epistle of Barnabas3. First Clement4. Second Clement5. Apocalypse of Peter6. Justin Martyr7. Tatian8. Irenaeus9. Athenagoras10. Clement of Alexandria11. Tertullian12. Minucius Felix13. Didascalia apostolorum14. Julius Africanus15. Origen16. St. Cyprian17. Gregory Thaumaturgus18. Dionysius of Alexandria19. Archelaus20. Adamantius, Dialogue on the True Faith21. Arnobius of Sicca22. LactantiusPart 2: Church Orders and Synods23. Apostolic Tradition24. Three Later Church Orders25. Synod of ArlesPart 3: Miscellaneous Items26. The Infancy Gospel of Thomas27. Paul of Samosata28. The Acts of Xanthippe and PolyxenaPart 4: Other Evidence of Christian Soldiers before Constantine29. "The Thundering Legion"30. A Third Century Christian Prayer Hall Near a Military Camp31. Epitaphs32. Military Martyrs33. Eusebius's Ecclesiastical History34. An Early Christian Kingdom?AfterwordIndexes

Ronald J. Sider (PhD, Yale University) is the founder and president emeritus of Evangelicals for Social Action and professor of theology, holistic ministry, and public policy at Palmer Theological Seminary in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. He is the author of many books, including the bestselling Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger and The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience.

"An exceedingly careful, measured study of the literary evidence left by the early church on the morality of killing. It should prove to be authoritative in this field." --David P. Gushee, Center for Theology and Public Life, Mercer University

• IntroductionPart 1: Christian Writers before Constantine1. Didache2. The Epistle of Barnabas3. First Clement4. Second Clement5. Apocalypse of Peter6. Justin Martyr7. Tatian8. Irenaeus9. Athenagoras10. Clement of Alexandria11. Tertullian12. Minucius Felix13. Didascalia apostolorum14. Julius Africanus15. Origen16. St. Cyprian17. Gregory Thaumaturgus18. Dionysius of Alexandria19. Archelaus20. Adamantius, Dialogue on the True Faith21. Arnobius of Sicca22. LactantiusPart 2: Church Orders and Synods23. Apostolic Tradition24. Three Later Church Orders25. Synod of ArlesPart 3: Miscellaneous Items26. The Infancy Gospel of Thomas27. Paul of Samosata28. The Acts of Xanthippe and PolyxenaPart 4: Other Evidence of Christian Soldiers before Constantine29. "The Thundering Legion"30. A Third Century Christian Prayer Hall Near a Military Camp31. Epitaphs32. Military Martyrs33. Eusebius's Ecclesiastical History34. An Early Christian Kingdom?AfterwordIndexes

Ronald J. Sider (PhD, Yale University) is the founder and president emeritus of Evangelicals for Social Action and professor of theology, holistic ministry, and public policy at Palmer Theological Seminary in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. He is the author of many books, including the bestselling Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger and The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience.

"An exceedingly careful, measured study of the literary evidence left by the early church on the morality of killing. It should prove to be authoritative in this field." --David P. Gushee, Center for Theology and Public Life, Mercer University

• IntroductionPart 1: Christian Writers before Constantine1. Didache2. The Epistle of Barnabas3. First Clement4. Second Clement5. Apocalypse of Peter6. Justin Martyr7. Tatian8. Irenaeus9. Athenagoras10. Clement of Alexandria11. Tertullian12. Minucius Felix13. Didascalia apostolorum14. Julius Africanus15. Origen16. St. Cyprian17. Gregory Thaumaturgus18. Dionysius of Alexandria19. Archelaus20. Adamantius, Dialogue on the True Faith21. Arnobius of Sicca22. LactantiusPart 2: Church Orders and Synods23. Apostolic Tradition24. Three Later Church Orders25. Synod of ArlesPart 3: Miscellaneous Items26. The Infancy Gospel of Thomas27. Paul of Samosata28. The Acts of Xanthippe and PolyxenaPart 4: Other Evidence of Christian Soldiers before Constantine29. "The Thundering Legion"30. A Third Century Christian Prayer Hall Near a Military Camp31. Epitaphs32. Military Martyrs33. Eusebius's Ecclesiastical History34. An Early Christian Kingdom?AfterwordIndexes