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

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"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.
Subjects:
30-600
Church property > Law and legislation > History.
Church property (Canon law)
Church property > Law and legislation > Rome.
Christianity and culture > Rome.
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Biens ecclésiastiques (Droit canonique)
Église > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Religion / Christian Church / History.
Religion / Christian Church / Canon & Ecclesiastical Law.
History / Ancient.
HISTORY / Ancient / General
Church property > Law and legislation
Christianity and culture
Church history > Primitive and early church
Rome (Empire)
Electronic books.
History
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.

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