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The thesis of this dissertation is that the identity of catholic Christianity in the early second century was marked by a unified confession of the unique incarnational christological narrative, that is, the account of the Son/Logos who came from heaven, became incarnate, suffer…

Many scholars observe that a main theme in the Shepherd of Hermas is the development of repentance. Few, however, have fully developed the concept from the viewpoint of the first-century audience. My thesis is that the unifying theme of the Shepherd is that all godly virtue is g…