Episcopal elections in late antiquity / edited by Johan Leemans ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Leemans, Johan, 1965-

Conference Name:

Episcopal Elections in Late Antiquity (ca. 250-600 A.D.) (2009 : Louvain, Belgium)

Series:

Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte ; 119.

Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte, 1861-5996 ; Bd. 119

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bishops--Appointment, call, and election--History.

Bishops.

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

Church history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (620 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston : De Gruyter, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front matter

Preface

Table of Contents

Episcopal Elections in Late Antiquity: Structures and Perspectives / Nuffelen, Peter Van / Leemans, Johan

Keynote Lectures

Episcopal Succession in Antioch in the Sixth Century / Allen, Pauline

The Election of Ambrose of Milan / Barnes, Timothy David

Theodoret of Cyrrhus and Syrian Episcopal Elections / Bevan, George A.

L'élection d'archevêques diphysites au trône alexandrin (451-482): une désignation artificielle et contrainte? / Blaudeau, Philippe

Bischofswahl und Bischofsernennung im Synodicon Orientale / Bruns, Peter

La royauté mérovingienne et les élections épiscopales au VIe siècle / Dumézil, Bruno

Canonical Legislation on the Ordination of Bishops: Innocent I's Letter to Victricius of Rouen / Dunn, Geoffrey D.

Christlicher Euergetismus ob honorem? Die Einsetzung von Klerikern in ihre Ämter und die von diesen vorangetriebenen Bauprojekte / Haensch, Rudolf

Clerical Marriage and Episcopal Elections in the Latin West: From Siricius to Leo I / Hunter, David G.

The Saint and the Bishop: Severinus of Noricum / Rosenberger, Veit

Bishops and Clerics during the Fourth Century: Numbers and Their Implications / Dam, Raymond Van

The Rhetoric of Rules and the Rule of Consensus / Nuffelen, Peter Van

Les élections épiscopates en Égypte aux VIe- VIIe siècles / Wipszycka, Ewa

Bischofswahlen in Rom (3.-6. Jh.): Bedingungen - Akteure - Verfahren / Wirbelauer, Eckhard

Short Papers

Les élections épiscopales en Orient sous Sévère d'Antioche (512-518) / Alpi, Frédéric

...ut sancto sanctus succederet... oder: Haben Heilige eine Wahl? Ein Ausblick auf die frühmittelalterliche Bischofserhebung in den Viten heiliger Bischöfe / Alt, Daniel

Bishop Pesynthios of Koptos (Egypt): "He did not pursue the honour, but it was the honour that pursued him" / Dekker, Renate

An Extraordinary Bishop: Eusebius of Caesarea in Cappadocia / Fatti, Federico

The Election and Deposition of Meletius of Antioch: The Fall of an Integrative Bishop / Hihn, Oliver

Haeres Petri: Kontinuitat und Wandel in der Bischofsnachfolge des Siricius von Rom / Hornung, Christian

Episcopal Succession as Criterion of Communion: The Rise of Rival Episcopal Genealogies in Alexandria according to Liberatus of Carthage / Keough, Shawn W. J.

Epiphanius of Cyprus vs. John of Jerusalem: An Improper Ordination and the Escalation of the Origenist Controversy / Kim, Young Richard

Episcopal Elections in Gaul: The Normative View of the Concilia Galliae versus the Narrative Accounts / Loftus, Susan

Ecclesia non abhorret a sanguine. Les élections épiscopales dans l'Église arménienne aux IVe-Ve siècles / Mardirossian, Aram

Education, Humility and Choosing Ideal Bishops in Late Antiquity / Maxwell, Jaclyn

Zum Beispiel Proklos von Konstantinopel. Über Chancen und Grenzen des spätantiken Bischofsamtes / Rist, Josef

The Election of Sahak I as Catholicos of the Armenian Church / Shchuryk, Oleh

Procedure and Hierarchy: Models of Episcopal Election in Late Antique Conciliar and Papal Rule making / Thier, Andreas

Episcopal Self-Presentation: Sidonius Apollinaris and the Episcopal Election in Bourges AD 470 / Waarden, Johannes A. van

The Election of Paul the Jew (519) in Light of the Theopaschite Controversy / Viezure, Dana luliana

List of Authors

Indices

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613403919

9781283403917

1283403919

9783110268607

3110268604

OCLC:

748242271