With the discovery of the "Oxyrhynchus Papyri" just over a century ago a number of important texts directly relating to ancient Christianity have come to light. While certain literary texts have received considerable attention in scholarship by comparison the documentary evidence relating to Christianity has received far less attention and remains rather obscure. To help redress this imbalance, and to lend some context to the Christian literary materials, this book examines the extant Christian epistolary remains from "Oxyrhynchus" between the third and seventh centuries CE. Drawing upon this...