Early Christian

British  

adjective

1. denoting or relating to the style of architecture that started in Italy in the 3rd century _ad and spread through the Roman empire until the 5th century

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Example Sentences

Early Christian authors gave dragons human characteristics such as greed and in literature, dragons signaled the sin of avarice — they were creatures to fear and defeat.

From Salon • Sep. 24, 2022

“Therefore, it can illuminate Byzantine Shivta’s Christian community and Early Christian art across the region.”

From Fox News • Nov. 13, 2018

Early Christian leaders apparently recognized that because many converts were used to commemorating that day, it made sense to co-opt it, even though Christ was probably born sometime in spring or summer.

From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2017

Early Christian theologians were very troubled by it because they thought it rivaled God’s own creation.

From Slate • Sep. 20, 2016

Early Christian art, such as it appears in the bas-reliefs on sarcophagi, gave but one solitary incident from the story of Our Lord's Passion, and that utterly divested of all circumstances of suffering.

From Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning by Doane, T. W.