03241nam 2200625Ia 450 99619752630331620230802005400.01-280-99558-097866137671960-19-162637-6(CKB)2550000000105437(EBL)3054739(OCoLC)801965734(SSID)ssj0000742837(PQKBManifestationID)11462757(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000742837(PQKBWorkID)10779865(PQKB)11303542(StDuBDS)EDZ0000092959(MiAaPQ)EBC3054739(MiAaPQ)EBC7038229(Au-PeEL)EBL7038229(EXLCZ)99255000000010543720120807d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDebating the saints' cults in the age of Gregory the Great[electronic resource] /Matthew Dal SantoOxford Oxford University Press20121 online resource (412 p.)Oxford studies in ByzantiumDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-994993-X 0-19-964679-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction: Gregory the Great and the saints� cult in late antiquity""; ""1. Gregory the Great and Eustratius of Constantinople: The Dialogues on the Miracles of the Italian Fathers as an apology for the cult of the saints""; ""2. The fourth dialogue of Pope Gregory the Great: The early Byzantine context of a Latin disquisition on the soul""; ""3. Contesting the saints� miracles: The witness of early Byzantine Lives and miracle collections""""4. The saints� inactivity post mortem: Soul sleep and the cult of saints east of the Euphrates""""Conclusion: Debating the saints� cult in the age of Gregory the Great and Muhammad""; ""Epilogue: Visualizing the God-guarded empire with the Sinai Icon of the Virgin and Child""; ""Appendix: Anastasius of Sinai and Pseudo-Athanasius, Question and Answer writers""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""Dal Santo argues that Pope Gregory the Great's 'Dialogues', which debated the nature and plausibility of the saints' miracles and the propriety of the saints' cult, should be considered from the perspective of a wide-ranging debate which took place in early Byzantine society.Oxford studies in Byzantium.SaintsCultByzantine EmpireChurch historyByzantine EmpireReligious life and customsSaintsCult.235.2Dal Santo Matthew931679Dal Santo Matthew931679MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996197526303316Debating the saints' cults in the age of Gregory the Great2407254UNISA