Book description
In first-century Rome, following Jesus comes at a tremendous social cost. An urbane Roman landowner and merchant is intrigued by the Christian faith-but is he willing to give up his status and lifestyle to join the church? Meanwhile his young client, a catechumen in the church at Rome, is beginning…
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The setting is Rome, in the year 50 AD, when Christianity was not yet even on the radar of the Romans.
And yet, to be a Christian meant going against the grain of the culture, and it could get you fired from your job, or worse.
Meticulously researched (the author is a professor – but the book is not dry and boring), the book tells a compelling story about the early Christians in Rome, and includes info boxes to tell you all about Roman culture, life in Rome, and other stuff you’ll want to know.
The story is fiction, but…
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