Holy bishops in late antiquity [electronic resource] : the nature of Christian leadership in an age of transition / Claudia Rapp.
Material type: TextPublication details: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2005. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (xii, 346 p. :) illISBN:- 9780520931411
- 262/.1214 22
- BR166 .R36 2005
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.
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