Holy bishops in late antiquity : the nature of Christian leadership in an age of transition /

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Between 300 and 600, Christianity experienced a momentous change from persecuted cult to state religion. One of the consequences of this shift was the evolution of the role of the bishop--as the highest Church official in his city--from model Christian to model citizen. Claudia Rapp's exception...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rapp, Claudia
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2005.
Series:Transformation of the classical heritage ; 37.
Subjects:
30-600
Bishops > Rome.
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Évêques > Rome.
Église > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
RELIGION > Christian Church > Leadership.
RELIGION > Leadership.
RELIGION > Antiquities & Archaeology.
Bishops.
Church history > Primitive and early church.
Rome (Empire)
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Pragmatic authority
  • Spiritual authority
  • Ascetic authority
  • Two unlikely bishops : Synesius of Cyrene and Theodore of Sykeon
  • The episcopate : work or honor?
  • Social contexts
  • Cities
  • Empire
  • The bishop as a new urban functionary
  • Epilogue : holy bishops.

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