Identities and power relationships in early Christianities: the letters of Cicero and Paul in compared perspective

Abstract

This essay discusses the identity formation process in Christianities context originated within the Roman world. Therefore, it must be understood how the interactions between agents and historical culture in which they were inserted shaped the results and communicative processes strategies. In this essay, the letters of Cicero and Paul are regarded as powerful tools that reveal power relationships and identity construction in their respective times and environment.

Keywords

• Identidades, relações de poder, Paulo, Cícero, cristianismos originários