no others. Texts of the New Testament seem to support historical data that show that early Christianity was by no means a political movement. Christian texts show that believers in Christ were urged to be good citizens and to follow civil law and authorities. While they may have beliefs different from the general public, they were to live as normal citizens and not think themselves above the law. If they were a political movement or if Christian leaders sought to make a movement out of Christianity, then their teachings would have more of a rebellious tone and would call for change in the Roman system. If Christianity was meant to be in any way political, there would have been a call to challenge authority in some way. After all, political movements are most often characterized by their eagerness to change something that they feel authorities are doing wrongly. Also, for Christianity to be a united political movement all its different churches and leaders would have had to be in communication with each other. This would have been very difficult in ancient times because of the lack of expedient communication devices. It seems that Christianity was more a way of life than a movement seeking to exact change....
