A Time of Weakness, A Time of Strength: AD 315-450
The western monastery took as its rationale for outreach not only Philippians 2 but also Matthew 28, the letter of James, and I John. They developed schools for children, hostels for travelers, havens for the homeless, homes for widows, orphans, and hospitals. Through succeeding years many became the first universities.
In the unlikely time of 312-450, when the church was under duress, the gospel took hold from Ireland in the west to the Ural Mountains and the Caspian Sea in the east. When the Romans lost the battle of Adrianople (AD 378), the way was open for evangelists to begin mission outposts and establish congregations in Germanic and Asian cultures. What was a time of weakness became a time of outreach and strength.
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