Biblical Criticism & History Forum - earlywritings.com

Some of your terminology may not fit this example (i.e. legitimate church authority, the Church), and you say "The scriptural origins are fairly complete" ---- anyway, in case you haven't already considered this one, I think the very earliest extant example among believers in a Jesus Chri...

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Hi everyone, I am researching the exercise of punitive or coercive authority in the early church - from biblical times onwards - as part of my research in contemporary Roman Catholic penal law. I wonder if anybody could point me in the right direction of references to the exercise of such punishment...