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Voting about God in early church councils [[electronic resource] /] / Ramsay MacMullen



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Autore: MacMullen Ramsay <1928-2022.> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Voting about God in early church councils [[electronic resource] /] / Ramsay MacMullen Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2006
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (192 p.)
Disciplina: 262/.514
Soggetto topico: Councils and synods
Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
God (Christianity) - History of doctrines - Early church, ca. 30-600
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-166) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- The democratic element -- The cognitive element -- The 'supernaturalist' element -- The violent element -- Preliminaries -- Councils in action -- The stage -- Dioscorus -- Management -- Exact words.
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Voting about God in early church councils  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-281-73505-1
9786611735050
9780300255416
0-300-13529-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910777805503321
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