Exaltation and domestic concord. Slavery in two christian fictions: Acts of Peter and Acts of Paul

Abstract

The Apocriphal Acts of the apostles talk us about the transition between IInd and IIIth centuries in Christian communities. Our aim will be analyse the rol of slaves and the category of slavery in the two Apocryphal Acts coming from Asia Minor: the Acts of Peter and the Acts of Paul. Then we will make a comparison of particular stances in order to inscribe and analyse them in the light of the historical process which experienced the churches in this moment