What Did the Early Christians Believe?

Abandoning Infants Ablution and Ritual Washing Abortion Abraham Abraham's Bosom Absolution and Forgiveness of Sins Acolytes Adam Adoptionism Adoptionism and the Divinity of Christ Adultery Aesculapius Agape Love and the Love Feast Alcoholic Beverages Alexander the Great Alexandria Allegory and Biblical Interpretation Almsgiving Alpha and Omega Altars in Christian Worship Andrew the Apostle Angels Anger and wrath Annihilation Anointing after baptism Anointing with Oil Anthropomorphisms About God Antiochus Epiphanes An Unbelieving Spouse Apologetics Apostasy Apostolic Churches Apostolic Doctrine Apostolic succession Apostolic teaching Aquila's Bible Translation Archimedes Arianism Aristeas Aristobulus Aristotle Art and Images Asceticism Assurance of salvation Astrology Augustus Caesar

Babylon the Great Baptism Baptismal regeneration Baptism in the Holy Spirit Barbarians Bar Kokhba Barnabas Basilides Beards Being Born Again Being slain in the Spirit Being Twice Married Believer's baptism Biblical Chronology Binding and Loosing in Church Authority Birthday Celebrations Bishops Blasphemy and irreverent speech Brahmans and Indian Religion Braided hair Bribery and corruption Buddha and Indian Religion Burial and Christian Funeral Practices

Caesar and Civil Authority Candles and Lights in Worship Capital punishment Carpocrates and Gnostic Heresy Casting Pearls Before Swine Catechesis Catechumens Celibacy Cerinthus and Early Heresy Certificates of Sacrifice Under Persecution Cheating and dishonest business Childbirth and Purity Children Children obeying their parents Chiliasm and the Millennium Chrism and Anointing Christ as Mediator Christ Descending into Hades Christ First and Second Coming Christian Apparel Christian Assemblies Christian Association Christian Discipleship Christian Dress Christian Holidays Christian Living and Daily Discipleship Christian Mysteries Christian Mysticism Christian Perfection Christmas Church authority Church Buildings and Worship Church discipline Church membership Church Officers Church unity Cicero and Pagan Philosophy Circumcision and the New Covenant Class Distinctions and Christian Brotherhood Clergy and Church Leadership Closed communion Clothing Communion Conception and Life in the Womb Confession of sins Confession to a priest Confessors and Persecution Confirmation and the Laying on of Hands Congregational church government Constantine and the Church Contraception Conversion to Christianity Cosmetics Councils Coveting and greed Creation and Pagan Theories of Origins Creation and the Creator Creeds Crime, Punishment, and Christian Justice Criticism of Christianity Crowns and Wreaths Culture and Christian Discipleship

Dancing and Christian Modesty Deacons Death and Resurrection Hope Debt Deification Demonic Affliction and Healing Did early Christians require baptism for church membership Did early Christians use a sinner's prayer Did early Christian women cover their heads all day or only while praying and prophesying Did the early Christians believe apostles still exist after the apostolic age Did the early Christians believe in faith alone Did the early Christians believe in sola Scriptura Did the early Christians believe in the real presence Did the early Christians believe in universal salvation Did the early Christians believe Jesus is God Did the early Christians teach Calvinism Diocletian's Persecution of Christians Diogenes and Cynic Philosophy Disasters and Providence Divine Healing Divorce and remarriage Domitian and Christian Persecution Druids and Pagan Religion Dyeing the Hair

Early Christian Apologetics Early Creeds and the Rule of Faith Easter Eating Meat Sacrificed to Idols Education and Christian Formation Egyptians in Scripture and Early Christian Writings Elder qualifications, husband of one wife, and faithful children Elders Election Elijah the Prophet Emperor Decius Emperor Valerian Enoch and the Book of Enoch Entertainment and the Theater Entire sanctification Envy and jealousy Epicurus and Epicurean Philosophy Epiphany and the Manifestation of Christ Eschatology and the Last Things Eternal punishment Eternal Security and Falling Away Eternity and Eternal Life Evangelism and Preaching the Gospel Eve and the Fall Evil Spirits and Demonic Powers Excommunication Exomologesis and Public Confession Exorcism and Evil Spirits Exposure of infants

Faith Faith and works Fallen Angels and Demons Family Fasting Federal headship and Adam Final Judgment and the Resurrection Foot washing Forgiveness after baptism Forgiveness of Sins in the Church Fornication Freedom of Religion and Christian Conscience Free will

Gambling and Games of Chance Gehenna and Final Judgment Gentiles and the People of God Gladiators and the Arena Gluttony and Self-Control Gnostics and Gnosticism God's Sovereignty and Providence Godparents and Sponsors God the Father Gossip, slander, backbiting, and whispering Government Grace Greek Mythology Grooming and Christian Modesty

Hades Hadrian and the Early Christians Hair and Christian Modesty Ham and Noah's Family Hannah and Prayer Hatred and malice Head coverings Hearing From God and Spiritual Discernment Heaven Hell Heresies and Heretics Heresy Heretics and Church Discipline Hermeneutics and Scripture Interpretation Herod and the Birth of Christ Holiness and Separation From Sin Holy Orders Holy Week and the Passion of Christ Homer and Pagan Poetry Homilies and Christian Preaching Homosexuality Horoscopes and Astrology Hospitality to Strangers House churches Human nature Husbands and Marriage Hymns and Christian Worship Hypocrites and False Religion

Icons Idle words and careless speech Idolatry and Images Idols Illumination and Baptism Images Immersion and pouring Imputed righteousness Incense Infant baptism Infant communion Infanticide and the Sanctity of Life Inherited sin Inspiration of Scripture Interest and Usury Interpretation of Scripture Interpreting Scripture Investing, profit, and Christian stewardship Irresistible grace and effectual calling

James the Brother of the Lord James the Just and the Jerusalem Church Jephthah's Daughter and Vows Jesus' Birth in Bethlehem Jesus Christ the Son of God Jesus the Nazarene Jewelry Jewish Christianity and the Early Church Jewish law Job and Suffering John the Baptist and Christian Baptism Josephus and Jewish History Jude and Apostolic Teaching Judgment day Judith and Courage Justification

Killing King Abgar Kneeling in prayer

Lawsuits Laying hands on the sick Laying on of Hands Laying on of hands after baptism Laziness and sloth Lent Limited atonement and particular redemption Linus and Early Church Leadership Liturgy Long hair Lot and Sodom Luke the Evangelist Lust Luxury and Simplicity Lying and false witness

Magic and divination Magic and Sorcery Major Orders and Church Ministry Manes and the Manichaeans Marcion and Marcionism Marcus Aurelius and Christian Persecution Marriage Martyrs Mary Materialism and the Soul Matins and Morning Prayer Matthew the Evangelist Matthias the Apostle Medical Science and Christian Healing Medicine and Medical Science Menander the Heretic and Gnosticism Menander the Poet and Pagan Literature Men covering their heads in worship Merit and Reward Messianic Prophecies Fulfilled in Christ Michael the Archangel Military Life and Christian Service Military service Ministers Ministry and Church Service Minor Orders and Church Ministry Miracles Miriam and Prophecy Mithras and Mystery Religion Modesty Monarchianism and the Trinity Monasticism and Ascetic Life Monergism and regeneration Money and the Love of Riches Mortal sin Moses and the Law Musical Instruments Music and Musical Instruments Mystery Religions and Pagan Worship

Name it and claim it Natural Law Nero and Christian Persecution New Testament Pseudepigrapha New Wine and Christian Teaching Noah's Ark Noah's Flood Noah and the Flood Nonresistance and Enemy Love Novatian and the Novatianists Numerology and Biblical Numbers Nuns and the Order of Virgins

Oaths Old Testament Epigrapha Old Testament prophecies Old Testament Pseudepigrapha Onesiphorus and Prayers for the Dead Ordination Original sin Orphans, Widows, and Christian Care Overpopulation and Procreation Overseers and Bishops

Pacifism and Military Service Pagan Gods Pagan Holidays Pagan Oracles Pagan Poets Pagan Temples Papal authority Paradise and the Afterlife Parents and Parenting Partiality and Discrimination Pascha and Easter Passover Patriotism and Heavenly Citizenship Patripassianism and the Trinity Penal substitution and the atonement Penance Pentecost and the Holy Spirit People with Disabilities Perfume and Christian Modesty Persecution Perseverance Persia and the Persians Peter and Rome Peter the Apostle Philip the Apostle Philo and Jewish Philosophy Philosophers and Philosophy Philosophy and Christian Truth Physicians and Healing Plato and Greek Philosophy Politics and the Kingdom of God Polygamy and Marriage Pontifex Maximus and Roman Religion Pontius Pilate Pornography and Lust Positive confession and the power of words Possessions Poverty Prayer Prayer language Praying to saints Preaching Predestination Presbyters Prevenient grace Pride and humility Procreation and Marriage Prophecy Prosperity and Riches Public Baths Public Office Purgatory and Prayers for the Dead Pythagoras and Greek Philosophy

Quarrels, strife, and divisions

Ransom Readers in Church Recapitulation in Christ Redemption Through Christ Relics Religious Liberty Religious Vestments Remarriage after death Remission of sins in baptism Repentance Reprobation and double predestination Revenge and Forgiveness Riches and the Poor Righteousness Roman Law Rumors Against Early Christians

Sabellianism and the Trinity Sacraments and Holy Mysteries Salt and Light in Christian Witness Salvation Samuel the Prophet Sanctification Satan and the Devil Saturday Sabbath Saul and Kingly Power Saying Amen in Worship Schism Schools and Christian Education Scripture and tradition Seed faith giving Self-defense Seneca and Stoic Philosophy Separation from the World Servants and Masters Set times of prayer Sexual Relations and Christian Marriage Shunning and Church Discipline Signing with the Cross Simon Magus Simony and Buying Church Office Sin and Repentance Singing Sin leading to death Sinlessness and Christian Perfection Six Hundred Sixty-Six and the Beast Slavery Slaves and Christian Freedom Slaves and masters Socrates and Greek Philosophy Soldiers and Military Service Soul Sleep and the Intermediate State Speaking in tongues Speaking things into existence Spiritism and Necromancy Spiritual Gifts in the Early Church Spiritual Mothers Spiritual Sacrifices Sports and Public Games Standing in prayer Statues and Idolatry Stephen the Martyr Stoics and Stoicism Submission and obedience Sunday worship Superstition and Pagan Religion Supporting Clergy Susanna and Chastity Swearing Oaths Synergism and Free Will Synods and Church Councils

Tacitus and Roman History Tartarus and Punishment Taxes Teaching Temperance and Self-Control Textual Criticism and Scripture Transmission Thaddaeus the Apostle The Abode of the Dead The Abomination of Desolation The Advent of Christ The Advents of Christ The Afterlife The Age of Accountability The Angel of the Lord The Anger of God The Antichrist The Apocalypse The apocrypha The apostles The Apostles' Creed The Apostolic Faith The Ark of the Covenant The ascension The Assumption of Moses The atonement The Attributes of God The Beast The Beatitudes The Bible and Scripture The biblical canon The Birth of Jesus The Bishop of Rome The Blood of Christ The Book of Daniel The Book of Enoch The Book of Life The Book of Revelation and the Apocalypse The Bronze Serpent and Christ The Brothers of Jesus The Cainites and Early Heresy The Captivity of Israel The catholic church The Celts and Pagan Europe The Chalice and the Eucharist The Christian Calendar and Holy Days The Christian Faith The Christian Life The Church and Civil Government The Church at Corinth and Apostolic Discipline The Church at Ephesus The Church at Rome The church of Rome Thecla and Virginity The Community of Goods in the Early Church The continuation of spiritual gifts The Covenants of God The Cross and Christian Discipleship The Days of Creation The deity of Christ The Depravity of Man The deuterocanonical books The Devil and Demons The Didache and Early Church Teaching The Divinity of Christ The divinity of the Holy Spirit The Docetists and the Incarnation The Doctrine of Man The Early Christian Apologists The Early Christians The Ebionites and Jewish Christianity The Economy of God The Edict of Milan The Eighth Day and Christian Worship The Elect and Salvation The Encratites and Ascetic Heresy The Epistle of Barnabas The Epistle to the Hebrews The Equality of Humankind in Christ The Essenes and Jewish Sects The eternal generation of the Son The Ethiopian Eunuch The Eucharist The Eucharist as a sacrifice The Fall of Man and Human Nature The Fear of God and Christian Obedience The Filioque and the Holy Spirit The Firmament and the Shape of the World The Firmament and the Waters Above The Fish Symbol and Christian Identity The Flesh and the Spirit The Foreknowledge of God and Free Will Theft and stealing The gifts of the Spirit The Gospel According to the Hebrews The Gospel of John The Gospel of Mark The Gospel of Matthew The Gospels and Apostolic Witness The Great Commission and Evangelism The Great Harlot The Great Mother The Great Tribulation and the Last Days The Greek Language and Scripture The Greeks and Pagan Wisdom The Gymnasium and Pagan Culture The Harmony of the Gospels The Hebrew Language The Hexapla and Biblical Texts The holy kiss The Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit and the Church The humanity of Christ The Human Spirit and the Soul The Hundred and Forty-Four Thousand The Hypostatic Union The Impassibility of God The incarnation The Inner Man The intercession of saints The Intermediate State The Intermediate State of the Dead The Israel of God The Jewish Temple and Christian Worship The Keys of the Kingdom and Church Authority The kingdom of God The Laity and the Clergy The Lake of Fire and Final Judgment The Lapsed and Church Discipline The last days The Last Judgment The Logos The Lord's Day The Lord's Prayer The Lord's Supper The Lordship of Christ The Love Feast and Christian Fellowship The Maccabees and Martyrdom The Magi and the Birth of Christ The Mark of the Beast and Revelation The Mass and the Eucharist The millennium The Montanists and Prophecy The Mosaic Law The Muratorian Fragment The Name Christian The Name of God The Nativity of Jesus The Nature of God The necessity of baptism The new birth The New Covenant in Christ The New Jerusalem and Christian Hope The New Testament canon The Nicolaitans and Early Heresy The Occult and Demonic Powers The Old Testament canon Theological Anthropology The Olympics and Pagan Games The Omnipresence of God and Divine Nature The Omniscience of God and Foreknowledge The Only Begotten Son and the Word of God Theophanies and Appearances of God Theophany and the Manifestation of Christ The Ophites and Gnostic Heresy The Oracle of Delphi The Order of Virgins The Order of Widows The Organ and Musical Instruments in Worship The Origin of Writing Theotokos and Mary as God-Bearer The Papacy and the Bishop of Rome The Parable of the Talents The Parable of the Wheat and Tares The Parables of Jesus The Paraclete and the Holy Spirit The Parousia and Christ's Return The Paschal Controversy and Easter The Paten and the Eucharist The Patriarchs and the Promises of God The Pearl of Great Price The Pedagogue and Christian Instruction The Pentateuch and the Law The perpetual virginity of Mary The Pharisees and Hypocrisy The Phoenix and Resurrection Imagery The Plan of God in Salvation History The Pool of Bethesda The Pool of Bethsaida and Healing The Poor in Spirit and the Beatitudes The pope The Priesthood of All Believers and the Church The Problem of Evil The prosperity gospel The Providence of God and Human Freedom The Quartodecimans and Pascha The Races of Mankind The Rapture and the Resurrection The Resurrection of Christ and Christian Hope The resurrection of Jesus The resurrection of the dead The Road to Emmaus and Christ Revealed in the Scriptures The Roman Empire The rule of faith The Sabbath The Sadducees and the Resurrection The second coming The Septuagint The Sermon on the Mount and Christian Living The Seventh Day of Creation and Sabbath Rest The Seventy Weeks of Daniel and Prophecy The Shepherd of Hermas The Sibyl and Pagan Prophecy The sign of the cross The Song of Solomon and Christ The Son of God The soul after death The Spirits in Prison and Christ's Descent The Star of Bethlehem and the Magi The State of the Dead The Sursum Corda and Eucharistic Prayer The Synagogue and the Church The Tabernacle and Christ The Ten Commandments and Christian Obedience The Ten Commandments and the Gospel The Tetragrammaton and the Name of God The Times of the Gentiles The Titles of Christ The Tower of Babel The tradition of the apostles The Transfiguration of Christ The Tree of Knowledge and the Fall The Tree of Life and Eternal Life The Tribe of Dan The Trinity The Two Advents of Christ The Two Kingdoms and Christian Allegiance The two natures of Christ The Two Ways and Christian Morality The Unforgivable Sin and Blasphemy Against the Spirit The Valentinians and Gnostic Heresy The Veil and Christian Worship The veneration of saints The Vicar of Christ The virgin birth The Voice of God and Revelation The Word of God The Wrath of God and Judgment The Zodiac and Astrology Thomas the Apostle Tiberius Caesar and the Time of Christ Tithes and Tithing Tongues as initial evidence Total Depravity and Human Sin Transmigration of Souls and Pagan Philosophy Transubstantiation and Eucharistic Presence Typology and Scripture

Unconditional election Uncorrupted Bodies and Resurrection Hope Union with God in Christ Usury

Valentinus and the Valentinians Veiling Veneration of Relics and the Saints Veneration of Saints Virginity Voting

War Washing Hands Wealth Wednesday and Friday fasting Weekly communion Whether sickness is always caused by sin Why God permits evil Widows Wigs and Christian Modesty Wine and Drunkenness Wisdom and Christ Wives and submission in marriage Women deacons Women in church leadership Women teaching Words of knowledge and prophecy Work Work and Employment Work and Occupations Works Worship Written prayers and prayer books in early worship

Zoroaster and Zoroastrianism