bishops-in-flight.pdf
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...
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oapen-20.500.12657-251432021-11-10T07:53:24Z Bishops in Flight Barry, Jennifer Exile Christian Flight Displacement Athanasius of Alexandria John Chrysostom Eusebius of Nicomedia Meletius of Antioch Ecclesiastical Historians Orthodoxy and Heresy Nicene Controversy bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs 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. 2019-05-13 11:21:34 2020-04-01T10:28:00Z 2020-04-01T10:28:00Z 2019 book 1004950 OCN: 1135845091 9780520300378 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25143 eng application/pdf n/a bishops-in-flight.pdf University of California Press 10.1525/luminos.69 10.1525/luminos.69 72f3a53e-04bb-4d73-b921-22a29d903b3b 9780520300378 224 Oakland open access |
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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. |
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