Holy bishops in late antiquity
Rapp, Claudia.
Holy bishops in late antiquity the nature of Christian leadership in an age of transition / [electronic resource] : Claudia Rapp. - Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2005. - 1 online resource (xii, 346 p. :) ill. ;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-338) and index.
Pragmatic authority -- Spiritual authority -- Ascetic authority -- Two unlikely bishops : Synesius of Cyrene and Theodore of Sykeon -- The episcopate : work or honor? -- Social contexts -- Cities -- Empire -- The bishop as a new urban functionary -- Epilogue : holy bishops.
9780520931411
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Bishops--Rome.
Electronic books.
BR166 / .R36 2005
262/.1214
Holy bishops in late antiquity the nature of Christian leadership in an age of transition / [electronic resource] : Claudia Rapp. - Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2005. - 1 online resource (xii, 346 p. :) ill. ;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-338) and index.
Pragmatic authority -- Spiritual authority -- Ascetic authority -- Two unlikely bishops : Synesius of Cyrene and Theodore of Sykeon -- The episcopate : work or honor? -- Social contexts -- Cities -- Empire -- The bishop as a new urban functionary -- Epilogue : holy bishops.
9780520931411
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Bishops--Rome.
Electronic books.
BR166 / .R36 2005
262/.1214