LEADER 03241nam 2200625Ia 450 001 996197526303316 005 20230802005400.0 010 $a1-280-99558-0 010 $a9786613767196 010 $a0-19-162637-6 035 $a(CKB)2550000000105437 035 $a(EBL)3054739 035 $a(OCoLC)801965734 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000742837 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11462757 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000742837 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10779865 035 $a(PQKB)11303542 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000092959 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3054739 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7038229 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7038229 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000105437 100 $a20120807d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDebating the saints' cults in the age of Gregory the Great$b[electronic resource] /$fMatthew Dal Santo 210 $aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (412 p.) 225 1 $aOxford studies in Byzantium 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-994993-X 311 $a0-19-964679-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction: Gregory the Great and the saintsa??? 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 saintsa??? miracles: The witness of early Byzantine Lives and miracle collections"" 327 $a""4. The saintsa??? inactivity post mortem: Soul sleep and the cult of saints east of the Euphrates""""Conclusion: Debating the saintsa??? 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"" 330 8 $aDal Santo argues that Pope Gregory the Great's 'Dialogues', which debated the nature and plausibility of the saints' miracles and the propriety of the saints' cult, should be considered from the perspective of a wide-ranging debate which took place in early Byzantine society. 410 0$aOxford studies in Byzantium. 606 $aSaints$xCult 607 $aByzantine Empire$xChurch history 607 $aByzantine Empire$xReligious life and customs 615 0$aSaints$xCult. 676 $a235.2 700 $aDal Santo$b Matthew$0931679 701 $aDal Santo$b Matthew$0931679 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996197526303316 996 $aDebating the saints' cults in the age of Gregory the Great$92407254 997 $aUNISA