LEADER 03090nam 22006614a 450 001 9910451364003321 005 20211026102843.0 010 $a1-281-73505-1 010 $a9786611735050 010 $a9780300255416$b(paper) 010 $a0-300-13529-7 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300135299 035 $a(CKB)1000000000473616 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23049862 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000268519 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11937688 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000268519 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10235494 035 $a(PQKB)10109359 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420301 035 $a(DE-B1597)485607 035 $a(OCoLC)952735802 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300135299 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420301 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10202654 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL173505 035 $a(OCoLC)923591873 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000473616 100 $a20051128d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aVoting about God in early church councils$b[electronic resource] /$fRamsay MacMullen 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (192 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-11596-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 155-166) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- The democratic element -- The cognitive element -- The 'supernaturalist' element -- The violent element -- Preliminaries -- Councils in action -- The stage -- Dioscorus -- Management -- Exact words. 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aCouncils and synods 606 $aChurch history$yPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600 606 $aGod (Christianity)$xHistory of doctrines$yEarly church, ca. 30-600 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCouncils and synods. 615 0$aChurch history 615 0$aGod (Christianity)$xHistory of doctrines 676 $a262/.514 700 $aMacMullen$b Ramsay$f1928-$0205377 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451364003321 996 $aVoting about God in early church councils$92473517 997 $aUNINA