Ambrosiaster's political theology / Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lunn-Rockliffe, Sophie.

Series:

Oxford early Christian studies.

The Oxford early Christian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ambrosiaster.

Political theology--Early works to 1800.

Political theology.

Political theology--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The works of Ambrosiaster, a Christian writing in Rome in the late fourth century, were influential on his near contemporaries and throughout the Middle Ages. In the first half of her study, Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe addresses the problem of the author's mysterious identity (which scholars have puzzled over for centuries) and places him in a broad historical and intellectual context. In the second half she addresses Ambrosiaster's political theology, an idea which has been explored inother late Roman Christian writers but which has never been addressed in his works. She looks at how Ambrosiaster's

Contents:

Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I. AMBROSIASTER'S WRITINGS AND IDENTITY; 1. The Emergence of Ambrosiaster; 2. Ambrosiaster's Background; 3. Ambrosiaster's Ecclesiastical Context; PART II. AMBROSIASTER'S POLITICAL THEOLOGY; 4. Social Hierarchies; 5. Ecclesiastical Hierarchies; 6. Divine Kingship; 7. Diabolical Tyranny; Conclusion; References; Index Locorum; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Cambridge.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-199) and indexes.

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ISBN:

1-4356-1931-5

0-19-152807-2

9786611145453

1-281-14545-9

OCLC:

712015951