How the Earliest Christians Worshipped (In their own words)

In this video, we examine writings of the early Christians from C. 50AD to C. 155 AD to ask: How did they worship? What were some of their practices? and How were their churches structured? <br> <br>After a brief look at some of the New Testament books, we dive into non-biblical writings of other ancient Christians. I tried to let these ancient authors speak for themselves as much as possible, to tell us what they were like, in their own words. <br> <br>Timestamps <br>00:00 Pliny the Younger <br>04:20 Church, not Churches <br>10:08 Background <br>12:39 Acts <br>16:37 First Corinthians <br>21:49 First Timothy <br>26:47 Titus <br>28:16 James <br>29:38 First Clement <br>48:20 Ignatius of Antioch <br>1:11:29 Epistle of Polycarp <br>1:16:08 Papias <br>1:17:51 Hermas <br>1:22:04 Barnabas <br>1:26:50 Didache <br>1:35:50 Justin Martyr <br>1:51:10 Conclusions <br> <br>Sources (in order of appearance): <br>Pliny the Younger's Letter to Trajan: http://vroma.org/vromans/hwalk....er/Pliny/Pliny10-096 <br>Jimmy Akin on Bible production costs: https://jimmyakin.com/2016/01/....the-cost-of-the-gosp <br>Greek/English Interlinear bible: https://biblehub.com/interlinear/ <br>1 Clement: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1010.htm <br>Letters of St Ignatius of Antioch: http://persweb.wabash.edu/facs....taff/royaltyr/Ancien <br>Epistle of Polycarp: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0136.htm <br>Fragments of Papias' writings: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0125.htm <br>Shepherd of Hermas: https://www.earlychristianwrit....ings.com/text/shephe <br>Epistle of Barnabas: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0124.htm <br>Didache: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0714.htm <br>Justin Martyr's First Apology: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0126.htm <br>Music: Vivaldi's Et Incarnatus Est, Advent Chamber Orchestra