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  1 - Heresy and Orthodoxy in Early Christianity with According to Walter Bauer's Work
  Mehran Rahbari Shahram Pazouki
  Christianity emerged from the Strict Jewish religion and over time they gradually parted ways. The Early Church Fathers’ Writings confirm that the dimensions of orthodoxy were drew and considered other ideas as heresy. They saw their view as the only correct readi More

  Christianity emerged from the Strict Jewish religion and over time they gradually parted ways. The Early Church Fathers’ Writings confirm that the dimensions of orthodoxy were drew and considered other ideas as heresy. They saw their view as the only correct reading of Christianity that was consistent with the teachings of Jesus and the apostles, and emphasized the struggle against heretics. The advent of Christian rule in the fourth century increased the power of the church and narrowed the field to others. Until the last century, this belief that early Christianity did not have diversity and that the views of the Church of Rome were the only correct reading was accepted by scholars. But Walter Bauer, a scholar of early Christianity, criticized this theory in his book. He tried to reconsider the definition of early Christianity from a historical point of view, independent of the views of the Catholic Church, by presenting various evidences. According to his research, Christianity has been diverse from the beginning, and we are witnessing the existence of "types of Christianity." The Church of Rome did not tolerate them and tried to eradicate their other beliefs, which accelerated with the Christianization of the Roman Empire. Manuscript profile
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  2 - Apostolic Women in Early Christianity: Case study, Mary the Magdalene
  vali abdi Mohammad Ilkhani Fatemeh Lajevardi
  10.30495/jrs.2022.20789
  In the early Christianity, women alongside men continued to spread new religion across the world. Some of them supported Jesus’s disciples in economic terms, and some others, traveled from village to village, from town to town in order to proclaim “the kingd More

  In the early Christianity, women alongside men continued to spread new religion across the world. Some of them supported Jesus’s disciples in economic terms, and some others, traveled from village to village, from town to town in order to proclaim “the kingdom of God”. Thus, several women have been figured out as missionaries. Meanwhile, throughout early Christian writings, Mary the Magdalene is known as the companion (Σύντροφος) of Jesus. According to Christian writings, she witnessed the Crucifixion, and contrary to the disciple who fled, she remained faithful to her master (διδασκάλος) until the last breath, and she was the first one who saw the resurrected Jesus and began to report the disciples. Moreover, Gnostic gospels and Church fathers have cited her as an apostle (απόστολος) and even as a disciple. Particularly, Gnostic writings refer to a considerable intimacy between her and Jesus Christ. In ongoing research, by exploring the New Testament, Gnostic treatises, and the writings of Church fathers, we will examine her role and image in Christianity up until the end of Middle Ages, and will refer to Mary and Jesus’s relationship. Additionally, we will concentrate on the main fact whether one can regard her as an apostle.   Manuscript profile