Early Christianity

Explore the writings, practices, and relationships of early Christian communities. Begin with the Didache and daily discipleship, then follow studies of apostolic teaching, coworkers, worship, and later reception into the Research Library.

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The Didache as a Window into Apostolic Discipleship

Common Questions

What did early Christian communal life involve?
What Early Christian Life Actually Looked Like (and Why We’d Barely Recognize It Today)

How does RAF approach early Christian witnesses?
Why the Earliest Church Voices Still Matter:

How did early churches receive apostolic teaching?
How the Early Church Read the Apostles

What role did Silas play in communicating the gospel?
One Gospel, Many Hands: How Silas Helped Preserve Apostolic Unity

How did Sunday worship develop before Constantine?
Sunday Before Constantine: What the Earliest Christians Actually Practiced

Go Deeper

Acts 15 and the Shape of Apostolic Discipleship

When Church Fathers Still Sounded Like Apostles

What the Apostles Actually Taught Churches

Research Library

Early Christianity Revisited Not Revised

The Silent Architecture of the Early Church

What They Knew Before There Was Theology

Acts: The Name That Wouldn’t Stay Small

Corinth: The Church That Never Healed

Augustine: Mystic-Rhetoric-Heretic

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Biblical Interpretation & Languages

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