Episcopal Elections in Late Antiquity

Published by De Gruyter 2011

Episcopal Elections in Late Antiquity

Edited by: Johan Leemans , Peter Van Nuffelen , Shawn W. J. Keough and Carla Nicolaye

Volume 119 in the series Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110268607

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About this book

The present volume contributes to a reassessment of the phenomenon of episcopal elections from the broadest possible perspective, examining the varied combination of factors, personalities, rules and habits that played a role in the process that eventually resulted in one specific candidate becoming the new bishop, and not another. The importance of episcopal elections hardly needs stating: With the bishop emerging as one of the key figures of late antique society, his election was a defining moment for the local community, and an occasion when local, ecclesiastical, and secular tensions were played out. Building on the state of the art regarding late antique bishops and episcopal election, this volume of collected studies by leading scholars offers fresh perspectives by focussing on specific case-studies and opening up new approaches. Covering much of the Later Roman Empire between 250–600 AD, the contributions will be of interest to scholars interested in Late Antique Christianity across disciplines as diverse as patristics, ancient history, canon law and oriental studies.

Author / Editor information

Johan Leemans, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium; Peter Van Nuffelen, University of Ghent, Belgium; Shawn W. J. Keough, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium; Carla Nicolaye, RWTH Aachen University, Germany.

Reviews

"Wer kunftig unter kirchen-, kultur- oder rechtsgeschichtlicher Perspektive diesen Gegenstand beruhrt, wird daraus viel Information und Anregung entnehmen konnen."
Stephan Haering in: ZKG 128 (2017) Nr. 1, S. 101

"A summery outline such as this can hardly do justice to a collection whose chief strength lies in the breadth of evidence and insight offered. It is a tribute to the editors and their process of selection and organisation that their volume holds together so well and remains focused on the twin aims of diversity and synthesis laid down in the introduction. Certainly, any attempt to create such a synthesis in the future must now take into account the different perspectives and methodological approaches represented here."
David M. Gwynn in: Journal of Ecclesiastical History Vol. 64 N. 2

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VII
Table of Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	IX
Episcopal Elections in Late Antiquity: Structures and Perspectives Peter Van Nuffelen and Johan Leemans Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Keynote Lectures
Episcopal Succession in Antioch in the Sixth Century Pauline Allen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
The Election of Ambrose of Milan Timothy David Barnes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
Theodoret of Cyrrhus and Syrian Episcopal Elections George A. Bevan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
L’élection d’archevêques diphysites au trône alexandrin (451-482): une désignation artificielle et contrainte? Philippe Blaudeau Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
Bischofswahl und Bischofsernennung im Synodicon Orientale Peter Bruns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
La royauté mérovingienne et les élections épiscopales au VIe siècle Bruno Dumézil Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
Canonical Legislation on the Ordination of Bishops: Innocent I’s Letter to Victricius of Rouen Geoffrey D. Dunn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Christlicher Euergetismus ob honorem? Die Einsetzung von Klerikern in ihre Ämter und die von diesen vorangetriebenen Bauprojekte Rudolf Haensch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Clerical Marriage and Episcopal Elections in the Latin West: From Siricius to Leo I David G. Hunter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
The Saint and the Bishop: Severinus of Noricum Veit Rosenberger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Bishops and Clerics during the Fourth Century: Numbers and Their Implications Raymond Van Dam Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
The Rhetoric of Rules and the Rule of Consensus Peter Van Nuffelen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Les élections épiscopates en Égypte aux VIe- VIIe siècles Ewa Wipszycka Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
Bischofswahlen in Rom (3.-6. Jh.): Bedingungen – Akteure – Verfahren Eckhard Wirbelauer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293
Short Papers
Les élections épiscopales en Orient sous Sévère d’Antioche (512-518) Frédéric Alpi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307
...ut sancto sanctus succederet... oder: Haben Heilige eine Wahl? Ein Ausblick auf die frühmittelalterliche Bischofserhebung in den Viten heiliger Bischöfe Daniel Alt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
Bishop Pesynthios of Koptos (Egypt): “He did not pursue the honour, but it was the honour that pursued him” Renate Dekker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331
An Extraordinary Bishop: Eusebius of Caesarea in Cappadocia Federico Fatti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	343
The Election and Deposition of Meletius of Antioch: The Fall of an Integrative Bishop Oliver Hihn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	357
Haeres Petri: Kontinuitat und Wandel in der Bischofsnachfolge des Siricius von Rom Christian Hornung Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	375
Episcopal Succession as Criterion of Communion: The Rise of Rival Episcopal Genealogies in Alexandria according to Liberatus of Carthage Shawn W. J. Keough Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	389
Epiphanius of Cyprus vs. John of Jerusalem: An Improper Ordination and the Escalation of the Origenist Controversy Young Richard Kim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	411
Episcopal Elections in Gaul: The Normative View of the Concilia Galliae versus the Narrative Accounts Susan Loftus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	423
Ecclesia non abhorret a sanguine. Les élections épiscopales dans l’Église arménienne aux IVe-Ve siècles Aram Mardirossian Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	437
Education, Humility and Choosing Ideal Bishops in Late Antiquity Jaclyn Maxwell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	449
Zum Beispiel Proklos von Konstantinopel. Über Chancen und Grenzen des spätantiken Bischofsamtes Josef Rist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	515
The Election of Sahak I as Catholicos of the Armenian Church Oleh Shchuryk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	531
Procedure and Hierarchy: Models of Episcopal Election in Late Antique Conciliar and Papal Rule making Andreas Thier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	541
Episcopal Self-Presentation: Sidonius Apollinaris and the Episcopal Election in Bourges AD 470 Johannes A. van Waarden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	555
The Election of Paul the Jew (519) in Light of the Theopaschite Controversy Dana luliana Viezure Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	563
List of Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	575
Indices Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	577

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Libraries, Institutes
Pages
- Front matter: 12
- Main content: 606
Keywords: Bishops; Late Antique Christianity; Episcopal Elections; Roman Empire; Antique Church History

eBook

Published: July 28, 2011
ISBN: 9783110268607

Hardcover

Published: July 18, 2011
ISBN: 9783110268553