Bishops in Flight : Exile and Displacement in Late Antiquity
Flight during times of persecution has a long and fraught history in early Christianity. In the third century, bishops who fled were cowards or, worse yet, heretics. On the face of it, it meant denial of Christ and thus betrayal of the faith and its community. But, by the fourth century, the terms o...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book Chapter |
| Published: |
University of California Press
2019
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Get Fullteks DOAB: description of the publication |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| LEADER | 02146naaaa2200325uu 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | doab_20_500_12854_30687 | ||
| 005 | 20210210 | ||
| 020 | |a /doi.org/10.1525/luminos.69 | ||
| 024 | 7 | |a https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.69 |c doi | |
| 041 | 0 | |a English | |
| 042 | |a dc | ||
| 072 | 7 | |a HBLA |2 bicssc | |
| 072 | 7 | |a HRKP |2 bicssc | |
| 100 | 1 | |a Barry, Jennifer |4 auth | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Bishops in Flight : Exile and Displacement in Late Antiquity |
| 260 | |b University of California Press |c 2019 | ||
| 506 | 0 | |a Open Access |2 star |f Unrestricted online access | |
| 520 | |a Flight during times of persecution has a long and fraught history in early Christianity. In the third century, bishops who fled were cowards or, worse yet, heretics. On the face of it, it meant denial of Christ and thus betrayal of the faith and its community. But, by the fourth century, the terms of persecution changed as Christianity became the favored cult of the Roman Empire. Prominent Christians who fled and hence survived became founders and influencers of Christianity over time. Bishops in Flight examines the various ways these episcopal leaders both appealed to and altered the discourse of Christian flight to defend their status as purveyors of Christian truth even when their exiles appeared to condemn them. It illuminates how profoundly Christian authors deployed theological discourse and the rhetoric of heresy to respond to the phenomenal political instability of the fourth and fifth centuries. | ||
| 536 | |a Knowledge Unlatched | ||
| 540 | |a Creative Commons |f https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode |2 cc |4 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode | ||
| 546 | |a English | ||
| 650 | 7 | |a Ancient history: to c 500 CE |2 bicssc | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Ancient religions & mythologies |2 bicssc | |
| 653 | |a History | ||
| 653 | |a Ancient | ||
| 653 | |a General | ||
| 653 | |a Religion | ||
| 653 | |a Ancient | ||
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |a www.oapen.org |u https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/43777/1/external_content.pdf |7 0 |z Get Fullteks |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |a www.oapen.org |u https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/30687 |7 0 |z DOAB: description of the publication |