The imperial cult and the development of church order : concepts and images of authority in paganism and early Christianity before the Age of Cyprian - Brent, Allen (Leiden ; Boston : E. J. Brill, 1999)
Christian and pagan cultus by the third century -- The foundations of the imperial cult -- Imperial ideology and the origins of church order -- Clement of Rome and Domitian's empire -- The Apocalypse and Domitian's iconography -- Ignatius of Antioch and the Martyr's procession -- Pagan and Christian Monarchisanism -- The emergence of imperial and Catholic order.
Keywords: Church polity History Early church, ca. 30-600.Emperor worship Rome.Christianity and other religions Roman