TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rapp,Claudia
ED  - Project Muse.
TI  - Holy bishops in late antiquity: the nature of Christian leadership in an age of transition 
SN  - 9780520931411
AV  - BR166 .R36 2005
U1  - 262/.1214 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Berkeley, Calif.
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Church history
KW  - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
KW  - Bishops
KW  - Rome
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - local
N1  - 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
UR  - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780520931411/
ER  -