Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "ابتدائی مسیحیت" in Urdu language version.
A Christian congregation was from the first a community in a much fuller sense than any corresponding group of Isiac or Mithraist devotees. Its members were bound together not only by common rites but by a common way of life . ... Love of one's neighbour is not an exclusively Christian virtue, but in [this] period Christians appear to have practised it much more effectively an any other group. The Church provided the essentials of social security. ... But even more important, I suspect, than these material benefits was the sense of belonging which the Christian community could give.
A Christian congregation was from the first a community in a much fuller sense than any corresponding group of Isiac or Mithraist devotees. Its members were bound together not only by common rites but by a common way of life . ... Love of one's neighbour is not an exclusively Christian virtue, but in [this] period Christians appear to have practised it much more effectively an any other group. The Church provided the essentials of social security. ... But even more important, I suspect, than these material benefits was the sense of belonging which the Christian community could give.