LEADER 03168nam 22004933a 450 001 996453551003316 005 20230629230840.0 010 $a0-520-38201-3 024 8 $ahttps://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.112 035 $a(CKB)4950000000290218 035 $a(ScCtBLL)413d9efe-a089-4b4c-82ea-b6c2f50c0c4f 035 $a(DE-B1597)585086 035 $a(OCoLC)1246675488 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520382015 035 $a(EXLCZ)994950000000290218 100 $a20211214i20212021 uu 101 0 $aeng 135 $auru|||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aWhat Makes a Church Sacred? : $eLegal and Ritual Perspectives from Late Antiquity /$fMary K. Farag 210 1$a[s.l.] :$cUniversity of California Press,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource 225 1 $aTransformation of the Classical Heritage 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tAbbreviations -- $tIntroduction -- $tPart I The Legal Making of Res Sacrae -- $t1 Res Sacrae -- $t2 Protected Places -- $t3. Protecting Places -- $tPart II. The Ritual Making of Res Sacrae -- $t4 Dedications -- $t5 Consecrations -- $t6 Anniversaries -- $tConclusion -- $tAppendix A. The Sources of Justinian's Institutes 2.1.pr-10 -- $tAppendix B. Chronological List of Roman Legislation on Ecclesial Property -- $tAppendix C. Chronological List of Ecclesiastical Canons on Ecclesial Property -- $tAppendix D. Late Antique Lections for the Consecratory Ritual -- $tNOTES -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex LOCORUM -- $tGENERAL INDEX 330 $aWhat is the purpose of a church? Who owns a church? Mary K. Farag persuasively demonstrates that three groups in late antiquity were concerned with these questions: Christian leaders, wealthy laypersons, and lawmakers. Conflicting answers usually coexisted, but from time to time they clashed and caused significant tension. In these disputes, juridical regulations and opinions mattered more than has been traditionally recognized. Considering familiar Christian controversies in novel ways, Farag's investigation shows that scholarship has misunderstood well-known religious figures by ignoring the legal issues they faced. This seminal text nuances vital aspects of scholarly conversations on sacred space, gift giving, wealth, and poverty in the late antique Mediterranean world, making use not only of Latin and Greek sources but also Coptic and Arabic evidence. 410 $aTransformation of the Classical Heritage 606 $aReligion / Christian Church / History$2bisacsh 606 $aReligion / Christian Church / Canon & Ecclesiastical Law$2bisacsh 606 $aHistory / Ancient$2bisacsh 606 $aHistory 615 7$aReligion / Christian Church / History 615 7$aReligion / Christian Church / Canon & Ecclesiastical Law 615 7$aHistory / Ancient 615 0$aHistory 676 $a270.2 700 $aFarag$b Mary K$01074602 801 0$bScCtBLL 801 1$bScCtBLL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996453551003316 996 $aWhat Makes a Church Sacred?$92580473 997 $aUNISA