--- title: "9 Early Christianity Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 9 Early Christianity quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Early Christianity sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f26/larry-hurtado-31747_asks_i-think-that-rodney-stark-studies-of-new_598787.jpg" --- > [I think that Rodney Stark studies of new religious movements in the modern world give us some insights into the kinds of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-hurtado/i-think-that-rodney-stark-studies-of-new-religious-movements-in-the/) [Larry Hurtado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-hurtado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f26/larry-hurtado-31747_asks_i-think-that-rodney-stark-studies-of-new_598787.jpg) > [Early Christianity, like Roman-era philosophical traditions, laid emphasis on everyday behavior, about how to live your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-hurtado/early-christianity-like-roman-era-philosophical-traditions-laid/) [Larry Hurtado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-hurtado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef5/larry-hurtado-31747_behavior_early-christianity-like-roman-era-philos_748499.jpg) > [I offer early Christianity as a case-study to show that the phenomena that we group under "religion(s)" comprise a somewhat artificial category,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-hurtado/i-offer-early-christianity-as-a-case-study-to-show-that-the-phenomena/) [Larry Hurtado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-hurtado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/696/larry-hurtado-31747_artificial_i-offer-early-christianity-as-a-case-stu_3071452.jpg) > [I think Rodney Stark makes a substantial contribution to the study of early Christianity in posing the kinds of questions that he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-hurtado/i-think-rodney-stark-makes-a-substantial-contribution-to-the-study-of/) [Larry Hurtado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-hurtado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be9/larry-hurtado-31747_backgrounds_i-think-rodney-stark-makes-a-substantial_2236453.jpg) > [Galen's observations reflect one of the distinctive features of early Christianity. Roman-era religion was mainly about ritual actions vis-à-vis the gods, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-hurtado/galen-s-observations-reflect-one-of-the-distinctive-features-of-early/) [Larry Hurtado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-hurtado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e2/larry-hurtado-31747_action_galen-s-observations-reflect-one-of-the_2579015.jpg) > [In Destroyer of the gods I focus on several major features of early Christianity that made it distinctive, even odd or bizarre…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-hurtado/in-destroyer-of-the-gods-i-focus-on-several-major-features-of-early/) [Larry Hurtado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-hurtado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b5/larry-hurtado-31747_bizarre_in-destroyer-of-the-gods-i-focus-on-seve_2544932.jpg) > [The science, the art, the jurisprudence, the chief political and social theories, of the modern world have grown out of Greece and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-science-the-art-the-jurisprudence-the-chief-political-and-social/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12d/anonymous-1_art_the-science-the-art-the-jurisprudence-th_2470262.jpg) > [Rediscovering the controversies that occupied early Christianity sharpens our awareness of the major issue in the whole debate, then and now: What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-pagels/rediscovering-the-controversies-that-occupied-early-christianity/) [Elaine Pagels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-pagels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a5/elaine-pagels-8423_authority_rediscovering-the-controversies-that-occ_1720155.jpg) > [“In a seminar at New York University in 1980, Foucault is reported to have said that the difference between late antiquity and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-critchley/in-a-seminar-at-new-york-university-in-1980-foucault-is-reported-to/) [Simon Critchley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-critchley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/296/simon-critchley-11984_christian_in-a-seminar-at-new-york-university-in-1_2064832.jpg) ## Top authors on Early Christianity - [Larry Hurtado 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/early-christianity/larry-hurtado/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/early-christianity/#itemlist", "name": "Early Christianity Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think that Rodney Stark studies of new religious movements in the modern world give us some insights into the kinds of questions that we can ask about early Christianity.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Larry Hurtado" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-hurtado/i-think-that-rodney-stark-studies-of-new-religious-movements-in-the/", 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