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Crisis of empire : doctrine and dissent at the end of late antiquity /
"This book focuses on the attempts of three ascetics-John Moschus, Sophronius of Jerusalem, and Maximus Confessor-to determine the Church's power and place during a period of profound crisis, as the eastern Roman empire suffered serious reversals in the face of Persian and then Islamic exp...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley, California :
University of California Press,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Transformation of the classical heritage ;
52. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Crisis of Empire; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Toward the Sacramental Saint; Ascetics and the Eucharist before Chalcedon; Cyril of Scythopolis and the Second Origenist Crisis; Mystics and Liturgists; Hagiography and the Eucharist after Chalcedon; 2. Sophronius and the Miracles; Impresario of the Saints; Medicine and Miracle; Narratives of Redemption; The Miracles in Comparative Perspective; 3. Moschus and the Meadow; The Fall of Jerusalem; Moschus from Alexandria to Rome; Ascetics and the City; Chalcedon and the Eucharist.
- 4. Maximus and the MystagogyMaximus, Monk of Palestine; The Return of the Cross; The Mystagogy; 5. The Making of the Monenergist Crisis; The Origins of Monenergism; The Heraclian Unions; Sophronius the Dissident; 6. Jerusalem and Rome at the Dawn of the Caliphate; Sophronius the Patriarch; Jerusalem from Roman to Islamic Rule; The Year of the Four Emperors; From Operations to Wills; Maximus and the Popes; 7. Rebellion and Retribution; Maximus from Africa to Rome; The Roman-Palestinian Alliance; Rebellion and Trial; Maximus in Exile; Conclusion; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources.