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Lettre sur les synodes : texte critique H. G. Opitz (Athanasius Werke II,1) ; Synodale d'Ancyre ; Traité sur la foi.
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ISSN: 07501978 ISBN: 9782204101356 2204101354 Year: 2013 Volume: 563 Publisher: Paris Cerf


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Doctrine and power : Theological controversy and Christian leadership in the later Roman Empire.
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ISBN: 9780520257399 0520257391 Year: 2013 Publisher: Berkeley University of California press

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During the fourth century A.D., theological controversy divided Christian communities throughout the eastern half of the Roman Empire. Not only was the truth about God at stake, but also the authority of church leaders, whose legitimacy depended on their claims to represent that truth. In this book, Galvão-Sobrinho argues that out of these disputes was born a new style of church leadership, one in which the power of the episcopal office was greatly increased. The author shows how these disputes compelled church leaders repeatedly to assert their orthodoxy and legitimacy -- tasks that required them to mobilize their congregations and engage in action that continuously projected their power in the public arena. These developments were largely the work of prelates of the first half of the fourth century, but the style of command they inaugurated became the basis for a dynamic model of ecclesiastical leadership found throughout late antiquity.


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Doctrine and Power
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ISBN: 0520383168 0520954661 1299787800 9781299787803 9780520954663 9780520257399 0520257391 9780520383166 Year: 2013 Volume: 51 Publisher: University of California Press

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During the fourth century A.D., theological controversy divided Christian communities throughout the Eastern half of the Roman Empire. Not only was the truth about God at stake, but also the authority of church leaders, whose legitimacy depended on their claims to represent that truth. In this book, Galvao-Sobrinho argues that out of these disputes was born a new style of church leadership, one in which the power of the episcopal office was greatly increased. The author shows how these disputes compelled church leaders repeatedly to assert their orthodoxy and legitimacy-tasks that required them to mobilize their congregations and engage in action that continuously projected their power in the public arena. These developments were largely the work of prelates of the first half of the fourth century, but the style of command they inaugurated became the basis for a dynamic model of ecclesiastical leadership found throughout late antiquity.

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