There is no crime for those who have Christ : religious violence in the Christian Roman Empire /

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There is no crime for those who have Christ," claimed a fifth-century zealot, neatly expressing the belief of religious extremists that righteous zeal for God trumps worldly law. This book provides an in-depth and penetrating look at religious violence and the attitudes that drove it in the Chr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gaddis, Michael, 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, 2005.
Colección:Transformation of the classical heritage ; 39.
Temas:
300-499
Persecution.
Violence > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Church history > 4th century.
Church history > 5th century.
Martyrdom.
Persécutions.
Violence > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Église > Histoire > 4e siècle.
Église > Histoire > 5e siècle.
Martyre.
RELIGION > Christian Church > History.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
Church history
Martyrdom
Persecution
Violence > Religious aspects > Christianity
Teologi > Teologi.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • What has the emperor to do with the church?" : persecution and martyrdom from Diocletian to Constantine
  • "The God of the martyrs refuses you" : religious violence, political discourse, and Christian identity in the century after Constantine
  • An eye for an eye : religious violence in donatist Africa
  • Temperata severitas : Augustine, the state, and disciplinary violence
  • "There is no crime for those who have Christ" : holy men and holy violence in the late fourth and early fifth centuries
  • "The monks commit many crimes" : holy violence contested
  • "Sanctify thy hand by the blow" : problematizing Episcopal power
  • Non iudicium sed latrocinium : of Holy Synods and robber councils.

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