03090nam 22006614a 450 991045136400332120211026102843.01-281-73505-197866117350509780300255416(paper)0-300-13529-710.12987/9780300135299(CKB)1000000000473616(StDuBDS)AH23049862(SSID)ssj0000268519(PQKBManifestationID)11937688(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000268519(PQKBWorkID)10235494(PQKB)10109359(MiAaPQ)EBC3420301(DE-B1597)485607(OCoLC)952735802(DE-B1597)9780300135299(Au-PeEL)EBL3420301(CaPaEBR)ebr10202654(CaONFJC)MIL173505(OCoLC)923591873(EXLCZ)99100000000047361620051128d2006 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrVoting about God in early church councils[electronic resource] /Ramsay MacMullenNew Haven Yale University Pressc20061 online resource (192 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-300-11596-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-166) and index.Introduction -- The democratic element -- The cognitive element -- The 'supernaturalist' element -- The violent element -- Preliminaries -- Councils in action -- The stage -- Dioscorus -- Management -- Exact words.In this study, Ramsay MacMullen steps aside from the well-worn path that previous scholars have trod to explore exactly how early Christian doctrines became official. Drawing on extensive verbatim stenographic records, he analyzes the ecumenical councils from A.D. 325 to 553, in which participants gave authority to doctrinal choices by majority vote.The author investigates the sometimes astonishing bloodshed and violence that marked the background to church council proceedings, and from there goes on to describe the planning and staging of councils, the emperors' role, the routines of debate, the participants' understanding of the issues, and their views on God's intervention in their activities. He concludes with a look at the significance of the councils and their doctrinal decisions within the history of Christendom.Councils and synodsChurch historyPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600God (Christianity)History of doctrinesEarly church, ca. 30-600Electronic books.Councils and synods.Church historyGod (Christianity)History of doctrines262/.514MacMullen Ramsay1928-205377MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451364003321Voting about God in early church councils2473517UNINA