Acts is the sequel to Luke's gospel and tells the story of Jesus's followers during the 30 years after his death. It describes how the 12 apostles, formerly Jes

Based on various lectures given at various places and times.

This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the be

The world in which early Christianity developed consisted of a complex of distinct communities and cultural 'layers', which interacted with one another, sometim