Sons of hellenism, fathers of the church : Emperor Julian, Gregory of Nazianzus, and the vision of Rome / Susanna Elm.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elm, Susanna.

Series:

Transformation of the classical heritage ; 49.

Transformation of the classical heritage ; 49

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gregory, of Nazianzus, Saint.

Gregory.

Julian, Emperor of Rome, 331-363.

Julian.

Church and state--Rome.

Church and state.

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

Church history.

Rome--History--Julian, 361-363.

Rome.

Rome--Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (577 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This groundbreaking study brings into dialogue for the first time the writings of Julian, the last non-Christian Roman Emperor, and his most outspoken critic, Bishop Gregory of Nazianzus, a central figure of Christianity. Susanna Elm compares these two men not to draw out the obvious contrast between the Church and the Emperor's neo-Paganism, but rather to find their common intellectual and social grounding. Her insightful analysis, supplemented by her magisterial command of sources, demonstrates the ways in which both men were part of the same dialectical whole. Elm recasts both Julian and Gregory as men entirely of their times, showing how the Roman Empire in fact provided Christianity with the ideological and social matrix without which its longevity and dynamism would have been inconceivable.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Nazianzus and the Eastern Empire, 330-361

2. Julian, from Caesar to Augustus: Paris to Constantinople, 355-362

3. Philosopher, Leader, Priest: Julian in Constantinople, Spring 362

4. On the True Philosophical Life and Ideal Christian Leadership: Gregory's Inaugural Address, Oration 2

5. The Most Potent Pharmakon: Gregory the Elder and Nazianzus

6. Armed like a Hoplite-Gregory the Political Philosopher atWar: Eunomius, Photinus, and Julian

7. A Health-Giving Star Shining on the East: Julian in Antioch, July 362 to March 363

8. The Making of the Apostate: Gregory's Oration 4 against Julian

9. A Bloodless Sacrifice of Words to the Word: Logoi for the Logos

10. Gregory's Second Strike, Oration 5

Conclusion: Visions of Rome

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613520715

9781280112614

1280112611

9780520951655

0520951654

OCLC:

777375644