Heirs of Roman persecution : studies on a Christian and para-Christian discourse in late antiquity / edited by Éric Fournier and Wendy Mayer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fournier, Éric, 1975- editor.

Mayer, Wendy, 1960- editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Persecution--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Persecution.

History.

Persecution--Early church.

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

Church history.

Church history--Primitive and early church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2020.

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Éric Fournier is Professor of History at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Wendy Mayer is Associate Dean for Research and Professor at University of Divinity, Australian Lutheran College.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Contributors; Chapter 1 The Christian discourse of persecution in Late Antiquity: An introduction; Persecutions of and between Christians: Changing definitions of a phenomenon; The present volume; Notes; Bibliography; Part I The later Roman Empire of the fourth and fifth centuries; Chapter 2 Breaking the apocalyptic frame: Persecution and the rise of Constantine; The apocalyptic frame; The legality of Christian assembly in the late third century

Diocletian's backlash against urban ChristianityConstantine's weakness and need for urban patronage; Significance; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 3 Begrudging the honor: Julian and Christian martyrdom; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 4 A misunderstood emperor?: Valens as a persecuting ruler in late antique literature; Introduction; In his brother's shadow; Valens and traditional imperial policies; Tyrants and persecutors; The topos of a misled ruler; Basil of Caesarea and Valens; New Julian and friend of pagans; Adrianople and divine vengeance; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography

Chapter 5 Theologies under persecution: Gregory of Nazianzus and the Syntagmation of AetiusFraming the Syntagmation: Context and Aetius's preface; Gregory's Or. 29 on the Neo-Arian logos eisagogikos: A reassessment; Aetius and Gregory on their persecutors: Polemic in perspective; To bind and loose; Conclusion: Gregory's audience and the legacy of the Syntagmation; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 6 For their own good: Augustine and the rhetoric of beneficial persecution; Donatism and the power of persecution; The quality of forensic rhetoric; Epistula 185 and the issue of quality

The role of scriptural exemplaConclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 7 In the footsteps of the Apostles of Light: Persecution and the Manichaean discourse of suffering; Introduction; Manichaeans and their claims on Christian heritage; Roman legislation against Manichaeans; Trials and tribulations: The Manichaean discourse of suffering; Religious maltreatment in the Kellis papyri; Conclusion; Abbreviations and translations; Notes; Bibliography; Part II Post-Roman kingdoms of the Western Mediterranean (fifth to seventh centuries)

Chapter 8 "To collect gold from hidden caves": Victor of Vita and the Vandal "persecution" of heretical barbarians in late antique North AfricaRhetorical devices; Intertextuality; Evidence of persecution; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 9 "You have made common cause with their persecutors": Gelasius, the language of persecution, and the Acacian Schism; The language of persecution in the letters of Gelasius and his predecessors; Audience and context; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 10 Everyone but the kings: The rhetoric of (non-)persecution in Gregory of Tours' Histories

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

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Print version: Heirs of Roman persecution

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9781351240673

1351240676

9781351240680

1351240684

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1351240668

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1351240692

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99982384613

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