03550 am 22007333u 450 991032195670332120200406050111.00-520-97180-910.1525/9780520971806(CKB)4100000008095415(MiAaPQ)EBC5755381(DE-B1597)534784(OCoLC)1089874420(DE-B1597)9780520971806(ScCtBLL)1c1966c4-efca-464d-9bec-fb3d5471fd84(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/32835(PPN)260543527(EXLCZ)99410000000809541520200406h20192019 fg engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBishops in Flight Exile and Displacement in Late AntiquityOaklandUniversity of California Press2019Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2019]©20191 online resource (224 pages)0-520-30037-8 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Athanasius of Alexandria in Flight -- 2. How to Return from Flight -- 3. John Chrysostom in Flight -- 4. To Rehabilitate and Return a Bishop in Flight -- 5. To Condemn a Bishop in Flight -- 6. Remembering Exile -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- IndexA free open access ebook is upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Flight during times of persecution has a long and fraught history in early Christianity. In the third century, bishops who fled were considered cowards or, worse yet, heretics. On the face, flight meant denial of Christ and thus betrayal of faith and 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 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. Their stories illuminate 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.BishopsRomeHistoryEarly church, ca. 30-6004th century.5th century.betrayal of community.betrayal of faith.bible.bishops.christianity.church.denial of christ.episcopal leaders.exiles.favored cult.fleeing persecution.god.heretics.phenomenal political instability.purveyors of christian truth.rhetoric of heresy.roman empire.running away.theological discourse.times of persecution.BishopsHistory270.2092Barry Jennifer, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut987170DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910321956703321Bishops in Flight2256090UNINA