Christians against Christians: The Anti-heretical Activities of the Roman Church in the Second Century

Kyrtatas, Dimitris J.

doi:10.12681/historein.57

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“…Even scholars who are not overtly confessional, who are not writing for a Christian audience, can still (unknowingly) uphold aspects of the triumphalist narrative. For instance, one of the narrative’s unseen effects is the capacity to trick people into thinking that developments in, say, second- or third-century Rome are directly related to what Paul writes in his first-century letter Philippians (e.g., Frend 1984: 110; Kyrtatas 2006). Not necessarily.…”

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Paul the Trojan Horse: The Legacy of Triumph in Philippians

Flexsenhar

2021

Journal for the Study of the New Testament

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This article describes the use of Philippians in triumphalist narratives about the rise of Christianity. Outlining the place of two key terms in the reception history of the letter – praetorium (Phil. 1.13) and ‘Caesar’s household’ (Phil. 4.22) – the article critiques the underlying assumptions and ideologies that have often guided its interpretation, focusing especially on the use of canonical Acts. A brief survey of the evidence for these two key terms in their original context – literary, epigraphic, lexicographical – suggests new interpretive possibilities for understanding Paul’s life and letter.

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