Remember my bonds. Following that line of the letter of Paul to the Colossians, Richard J. Cassidy highlighted in this work a new perspective on a fascinating subject and discussed: the relationship between early Christianity and the Roman authorities. Against the background of an analysis of the Roman judicial system, the author reinterprets the so-called "prison letters" of St. Paul and shows that the experiences of his life in prison changed their way of thinking about what should be the behavior in political authorities. By focusing on this transformation, according to Cassidy can be seen especially among Romans 13, 1-7, and letters to the Philippians, the book moves away from the usual interpretations. Paul chained addresses both specialists in theology and for those interested in the relationship between political power and religious faith, both at the time of the early Christians as today. Students of theology, theologians, experts in the New Testament.