The role of the bishop in late antiquity conflict and compromise edited by Andrew Fear, Mar Marcos and Joseé Fernández Ubiña.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Daunton-Fear, Andrew, editor of compilation.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Episcopacy--History.

Episcopacy.

Bishops--History.

Bishops.

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

Church history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York Bloomsbury 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 had major effects on wider society, and those of a secular nature

Contents:

Introduction

Pacifiers and Instigators: Bishops in Interreligious Conflicts in Late Antiquity

Maijastina Kahlos (Finnish Academy, Finland)

Preaching and Mesmerizing. Christian Rhetorical Delivery and the Resolution of Conflicts

Alberto Quiroga Puertas (Universidad de Granada, Spain)

'Holy Bishops': Strategies of Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution Purificación

Ubric Rabaneda (Universidad de Granada, Spain)

Councils as Political and Ecclesiastical Conflicts in Late Antiquity: the Role of Bishops

Silvia Acerbi (Universidad de Cantabria, Spain)

Controversy and Debate over Sexual Matters among Western Churches

Teresa Sardella (Università di Catania, Italy)

The Donatist Conflict as Seen by Constantine and the Bishops

José Fernández Ubiña (Universidad de Granada, Spain)

Ius et religio: The Conference of Carthage and the End of the Donatist Schism

Carlos García Mac Gaw (Universidad de La Plata, Argentina)

Arians and Nicenes in Conflict: Gregory of Nazianzus in Constantinople

Ramón Teja y Juana Torres (Universidad de Cantabria, Spain)

Bishops, Judges and Emperors: CTh 16, 2, 31, CTh 16, 5, 46 and Sirm. 14 (409).

Victoria Escribano Paño (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain)

Papal Authority, Local Autonomy and Imperial Control: Pope Zosimus and the Western Churches

Mar Marcos (Universidad de Cantabria, Spain)

East and West, Emperor and Bishop: Hormisdas and the Authority of the See of Rome.

Alexander Evers (Loyola University Chicago, John Felice Rome Center)

Bishops, Imperialism, and the Barbaricum

Andrew Fear (University of Manchester, UK)

The Bishops and the Byzantine Intervention in Hispania

Francisco Salvador Ventura (Universidad de Granada, Spain)

Conflict and Compromise: the Spanish Catholic Bishops and the Arian Kingdom of Toledo (from Vouillé to Leovigild)

Pedro Castillo Maldonado (Universidad de Jaén, Spain)

Index

Notes:

Includes index

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472555854

1472555856

9781283950770

1283950774

9781472504180

1472504186

OCLC:

827209754