https://theologicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/bjrl/ephesus_bruce.pdf This contains a generally helpful survey and analysis of witnesses in earl...

My actual statement was, "The more that more Christians live [and are taught] according to God's word, the more they converge"...

It took centuries for Rome to dominate its neighboring cities in Italy (c. 300 B.C.) “Rome wasn’t founded in a day”, or so the saying go...