Format:
Online-Ressource (281 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9781780932170
Content:
Late Antiquity witnessed a major transformation in the authority and power of the Episcopate within the Church, with the result that bishops came to embody the essence of Christianity and increasingly overshadow the leading Christian laity. The rise of Episcopal power came in a period in which drastic political changes produced long and significant conflicts both within and outside the Church. This book examines these problems in depth, looking at bishops' varied roles in both causing and resolving these disputes, including those internal to the church, those which began within the church but
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Cover; HalfTitle; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 A Dispute of Episcopal Legitimacy: Gregory Nazianzen and Maximus in Constantinople*; 2 The Donatist Conflict as Seen by Constantine and the Bishops; Constantine's policy in the early stages of the schism (307-14); The council of Arles and Constantine's policy of pacification (314-17); Failure of repressive measures against Donatism and decline of Catholicism (317-37); Conclusions; 3 Ius et religio: The Conference of Carthage and the End of the Donatist Schism, 411 AD1
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4 Pacifiers and Instigators - Bishops and Interreligious Conflicts in Late AntiquityBishops as instigators; The dual role: Instigating and pacifying; Lobbying for stricter measures; Disturbances and the issue of legality; Landowners and the limits of episcopal power; Private property; Concluding remarks; 5 Controversy and Debate over Sexual Matters in the Western Church (IV Century); The decretals of Damasus and Siricius; Damasus and the bishops of Gaul; Siricius and the Spanish bishops; Siricius: Italian issues and African reception; Conclusion
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6 'Bishops, Judges and Emperors: CTh 16. 2. 31/ CTh 16. 5. 46/ Sirm. 14 (409)'*Sirmondian constitution 14: Violence against clerics and judicial negligence in Africa; Bishops and emperors: legationes, litterae and commonitorium; Conclusion; 7 Bishops, Heresy and Power: Conflict and Compromise in Epistula 11* of Consentius to Augustine1; Fronto's challenge; The response of the bishops; Between conflict and compromise: Bishops, heresy and power; The role of the episcopal court, councils and sanctuary in the resolution of the conflict; Conclusion
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8 Papal Authority, Local Autonomy and Imperial Control: Pope Zosimus and the Western Churches (a. 417-18)The disputed privileges of Patroclus of Arles; The Gaul affair and Pelagianism; The case of Apiarus of Sicca and other papal actions; Zosimus and the Roman clergy; Conclusion; 9 East and West, Emperor and Bishop: Hormisdas and the Authority of the See of Rome*; 10 Preaching and Mesmerizing: The Resolution of Religious Conflicts in Late Antiquity1; The historical background. The 'how' matters: Paul of Tarsus; The fourth-century ad and the making of orthodoxy
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11 Bishops, Imperialism and the Barbaricum12 Conflict and Compromise: The Spanish Catholic Bishops and the Arian Kingdom of Toledo (from Vouillé to Leovigild); Introduction; The Arian kingdom of Toledo; Conclusions; 13 The Bishops and the Byzantine Intervention in Hispania; Introduction; Licinianus of Cartagena (. . . 586 - before 602); Leander of Seville (. . . 582 - 599 . . .); Januarius of Málaga and Stephen (. . . 595-602 . . .); Cecilius of Mentesa (. . . 612-20); Epilogue; Index;
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472504180
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472583949
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Role of the Bishop in Late Antiquity : Conflict and Compromise
Language:
English
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