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The politics of heresy in Ambrose of Milan : community and consensus in late-antique Christianity /

Ambrose of Milan is famous above all for his struggle with, and triumph over, 'Arian' heresy. Yet, almost all of the evidence comes from Ambrose's own writings, and from pious historians of the next generation who represented him as a champion of orthodoxy. This detailed study argues...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Williams, Michael Stuart, 1977- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover
  • Half-title page
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Dedication
  • Epigraph
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction: The Strange Death of â#x80;#x9C;Arianâ#x80;#x9D; Milan
  • Chapter 1 Making Distinctions: Christian Identity and Community in Late Antiquity
  • Chapter 2 A Tale of Two Bishops: Auxentius of Milan and the Election of Ambrose
  • Chapter 3 Framing the Faith: Aquileia, De Fide and the Rhetoric of Unity
  • Chapter 4 Manufacturing Consensus: Communities, Leaders and the First Basilica Crisis
  • Chapter 5 Popular Appeal: Unity and Authority in the Second Basilica CrisisConclusion: Waiting for the Arians
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Modern Authors