Much more oriented around the Bishop. The Bishop began to represent Jesus rather than the resurrection community of the first century.
Steady but HUGE growth:
100AD- 10,000 Christians to
300AD- 6,000,000 Christians (10% of the Roman Empire)
Martyrdom became a new witness, and defined the church in many ways. Turtullian: "The blood of the Martyrs are the seeds of the church". Kingdom of God language begins to fade as people start to see the Church as the kingdom of God. The expectation of the kingdom was no longer imminent.
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