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Author : Henry Chadwick
Publisher : Center for Hermeneutical Studies
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0892420340
Author : Henry Chadwick
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725230934
Author : Andrew Fear,José Fernández Urbiña,Mar Marcos Sanchez
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781472504180
Late Antiquity witnessed a major transformation in the authority and power of the Episcopate within the Church, with the result that bishops came to embody the essence of Christianity and increasingly overshadow the leading Christian laity. The rise of Episcopal power came in a period in which drastic political changes produced long and significant conflicts both within and outside the Church. This book examines these problems in depth, looking at bishops' varied roles in both causing and resolving these disputes, including those internal to the church, those which began within the church but had major effects on wider society, and those of a secular nature.
Author : H. A. Drake
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2002-09-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0801871042
Historians who viewed imperial Rome in terms of a conflict between pagans and Christians have often regarded Constantine's conversion as the triumph of Christianity over paganism. Here Drake offers a fresh understanding of Constantine's rule.
Author : Henry Chadwick
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 746 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2001-12-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191529955
The Church in Ancient Society provides a full and enjoyable narrative history of the first six centuries of the Christian Church. Ancient Greek and Roman society had many gods and an addiction to astrology and divination. This introduction to the period traces the process by which Christianity changed this and so provided a foundation for the modern world: the teaching of Jesus created a lasting community, which grew to command the allegiance of the Roman emperor. Christianity is discussed in relation to how it appeared to both Jews and pagans, and how its Christian doctrine and practice were shaped in relation to Graeco-Roman culture and the Jewish matrix. Among the major figures discussed are Tertullian, Clement of Alexandria, Origen, Constantine, Julian the Apostate, Basil, Ambrose, and Augustine. Following a chronological approach, Henry Chadwick's clear exposition of important texts and theological debates in their historical context is unrivalled in detail. In particular, theological and ecclesial texts are examined in relation to the behaviour and beliefs of people who attended churches and synagogues. Christians did not find agreement and unity easy and the author displays a distinctive concern for the factors - theological, personal, and political - which caused division in the church and prevented reconciliation. The emperors, however, began to foster unity for political reasons and to choose monotheism. Finally, the Church captured the society.
Author : Chadwick
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Church history
ISBN : 9780802872777
Rare scholarly insight into the early church -- still relevant for the church today This anthology offers a choice selection of writings by one of the twentieth century's premier church historians, Sir Henry Chadwick. Many of Chadwick's considerable contributions to a fuller understanding of the early church were unpublished or not circulated widely during his lifetime, but here they are compiled in a convenient, accessible form. Reflecting Chadwick's wide-ranging expertise, this volume contains his essays on a variety of themes pertaining to the early church, including the emerging faith's relationship to classical culture; the interaction between piety, politics, and theology; councils in the early church; the power of music in the church; and more. As relevant for the study of early Christianity today as when they were first written, Chadwick's essays remain a valuable resource for better understanding the church both past and present, shedding light on ecumenical problems that still keep Christians visibly divided.
Author : Carlos R. Galvao-Sobrinho
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520383166
During the fourth century a.d., theological controversy divided Christian communities throughout the Eastern half of the Roman Empire. At stake was not only the truth about God but also the authority of church leaders, whose legitimacy depended on their claims to represent that truth. In this book, Carlos R. Galvao-Sobrinho argues that out of these disputes was born a new style of church leadership, one in which the power of the episcopal office was greatly increased. He shows how these disputes compelled church leaders repeatedly to assert their orthodoxy and legitimacy—tasks that required them to mobilize their congregations and engage in action that continuously projected their power in the public arena. These developments were largely the work of prelates of the first half of the fourth century, but the style of command they inaugurated became the basis for a dynamic model of ecclesiastical leadership found throughout late antiquity.
Author : Keith Hopwood
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Civilization, Classical
ISBN : 0719024013
Sir Thomas Fairfax, not Oliver Cromwell, was creator and commander of Parliament's New Model Army from 1645 to1650. Although Fairfax emerged as England's most successful commander of the 1640s, this book challenges the orthodoxy that he was purely a military figure, showing how he was not apolitical or disinterested in politics. The book combines narrative and thematic approaches to explore the wider issues of popular allegiance, puritan religion, concepts of honour, image, reputation, memory, gender, literature, and Fairfax's relationship with Cromwell. 'Black Tom' delivers a groundbreaking examination of the transformative experience of the English revolution from the viewpoint of one of its leading, yet most neglected, participants. It is the first modern academic study of Fairfax, making it essential reading for university students as well as historians of the seventeenth century. Its accessible style will appeal to a wider audience of those interested in the civil wars and interregnum more generally.
Author : Edward L. Smither
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780805463835
Lauded for his thoughts, Augustine of Hippo (354-430) has influenced virtually every philosopher of the last fifteen hundred years. But his personal character and ministry are even more remarkable, for in a time when most monastery dwellers sought solitude, Augustine was always in the company of friends, visiting disciples and writing mentoring letters to those he knew. Augustine as Mentor is written for modern day pastors and spiritual leaders who want to mentor and equip other evangelical Christians based on proven principles in matters of the heart like integrity, humility, faithfulness, personal holiness, spiritual hunger, and service to others. Author Ed Smither explains, “Augustine has something to offer modern ministers pursuing authenticity and longing to ‘preach what they practice.’ Through his thought, practice, success, and even failures, my hope is that today’s mentors will find hope, inspiration, and practical suggestions for how to mentor an emerging generation of spiritual leaders.”
Author : Craig Alan Satterlee
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0814661858
This book proposes a method of mystagogy based on the preaching of Ambrose of Milan. Chapter 1 establishes the need for mystagogy. chapter 2 lays out the historical context of Ambrose and his church. Chapters 3-8 are a series of six historical studies on Ambrose and his church that correspond to the components of a homiletic method. Chapter 9 proposes a method of mystagogy for the contemporary church based on Ambrose's preaching.
Author : Adam M. Schor
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520948617
Theodoret’s People sheds new light on religious clashes of the mid-fifth century regarding the nature (or natures) of Christ. Adam M. Schor focuses on Theodoret, bishop of Cyrrhus, his Syrian allies, and his opponents, led by Alexandrian bishops Cyril and Dioscorus. Although both sets of clerics adhered to the Nicene creed, their contrasting theological statements led to hostilities, violence, and the permanent fracturing of the Christian community. Schor closely examines council transcripts, correspondence, and other records of communication. Using social network theory, he argues that Theodoret’s doctrinal coalition was actually a meaningful community, bound by symbolic words and traditions, riven with internal rivalries, and embedded in a wider world of elite friendship and patronage.
Author : Michael Stuart Williams
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107019461
Re-examines the 'Arian' opposition to Ambrose in Milan, arguing that he misrepresented it to suit his own agenda as bishop.
Author : Cilliers Breytenbach,Christiane Zimmermann
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 1007 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004352520
This work gives a survey of the rise and expansion of Christianity in ancient Lycaonia and adjacent areas, from Paul the Apostle until Amphilochius. It gives special attention to forms of charity, the reception of biblical tradition, the authority and leadership of the clergy, popular theology and forms of ascetic Christianity.
Author : Daniel A. Washburn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780415529259
This book offers a reconstruction and interpretation of banishment in the final era of a unified Roman Empire, 284-476 CE. Author Daniel Washburn argues that exile was both a penalty and a symbol. In its sources, this work employs evidence from legal as well as literary materials to forge a complete picture of exile. To harvest all possible information from the period, it considers elements from the arenas of the early church and the Roman Empire. Methodologically, it situates ancient Christianity within the Roman world, while remaining sensitive to the distinct views and roles held by late antique bishops. While banishment played a major role in the history of the Later Empire, no work of scholarship has treated it as a topic in its own right.
Author : Everett Ferguson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Theology, Doctrinal
ISBN : 0815330715
First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.