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Why is there so little known of the Christian Church from AD 70 to AD 300?
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During that period the Christian community was being heavily oppressed. All their activities had to be done in secrecy,otherwise the whole bunch of them would end up in the Arena with the lions. For theri own safety they could not make any substantial records.
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∙ 8y agoActually, a surprising amount is known about the Christian Church in the years 70 to 300. Not only do we have the New Testament gospels, written during this period, we also have numerous other gospels, epistles and 'apologies' from this early period. We have the writings of such people as Clement of Rome, Tertullian, Ireneus and many others. Christians even communicated their ideas and concerns with some of the Roman emperors. This was a period of prosperity and growth for Christianity and there is evidence of a growing number of small church buildings that supported the many Christian communities.
Some of the history of Christianity from this period belongs to the Gnostic Christians, who were persecuted during the fourth century for refusing to adhere to the teachings of what had become the dominant Christian sect. Because of this, much of their history and their writings were destroyed, leaving only fragments for historians to work with. A fortunate discovery in 1945, at Nag Hammadi in Egypt, uncovered large numbers of Gnostic texts that had been hidden to protect them from the Catholic-Orthodox marauders. We now have a much better idea of the development of Christianity up until the fourth century.
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