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This lecture will examine the stance of early Christ groups towards Greek civic institutions and ideology in Greece and Asia Minor from the mid-first to the mid-third century. The issue of the relationship to the world of Christ groups will be reassessed in light of the most recent trends in New Testament (Christ groups as associations), ancient history (political life in Greek cities under Roman rule as having democratic features), and epigraphic studies (inscriptions as symbolic communication tools).