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What makes a church sacred? : legal and ritual perspectives from late antiquity /

"If churches belong to no one, what is their purpose? Mary K. Farag persuasively demonstrates that three interest groups cared about this question in late antiquity: law-makers, Christian leaders, and wealthy lay-persons. Most of the time, their answers co-existed, sitting side-by-side like tec...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Farag, Mary, 1985- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]
Series:Transformation of the classical heritage ; 63.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Res sacrae
  • Protected places
  • Protecting places
  • Dedications
  • Consecrations
  • Anniversaries
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A : the sources of Justinian's Institutes 2.1.pr-10
  • Appendix B : chronological list of Roman legislation on ecclesial property
  • Appendix C : chronological list of ecclesiastical canons on ecclesial property
  • Appendix D : Late Antique lections for the consecratory ritual.