The Early Church Revisited

Today in class, we revisited the material we have covered regarding the early church. One thing that impresses me about the early church is their plurality. Coming from multiple contexts, the early church took shape as a network of many different communions. Despite this multiphrenicity, however, the early church maintained common bonds of grace and practice, knowing themselves as the body of Christ, the people of God, the temple of God, and the like. They were a people from every tribe and tongue, fashioned together as an instrument of God's work upon the world. That, I think, is a cool thing.