Thecla's Devotion BOOKS > Christian Life > Spiritual Warfare the rationalism of the philosophes

the rationalism of the philosophes

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and an introduction to each book that outlines its setting

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Thecla's Devotion BOOKS > Christian Life > Spiritual Warfare the rationalism of the philosophesSecond century apocryphal Christian texts are Christian fiction: they draw on the motifs of contemporary pagan stories of romance, travel and adventure to entertain their readers, but also to explore what it means to be Christian. The Thecla episode in the Apocryphal Acts of Paul recounts the conversion of a young pagan woman, her rejection of marriage, her narrow escapes from martyrdom and the end of her story as an independent, ascetic evangelist.