Crisis of empire : doctrine and dissent at the end of late antiquity / Phil Booth.
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TextSeries: Transformation of the classical heritage ; 52.Publisher: Berkeley, California : University of California Press, 2014Description: 1 online resource (412 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780520956582Subject(s): Moschus, John, approximately 550-619 | Sophronius, Saint, Patriarch of Jerusalem, approximately 560-approximately 638 | Maximus, Confessor, Saint, approximately 580-662 | Church history -- 7th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Crisis of empire : doctrine and dissent at the end of late antiquity.DDC classification: 270.2 LOC classification: BR162.3 | .B66 2014Online resources: Click to View Summary: "This book focuses on the attempts of three ascetics-John Moschus, Sophronius of Jerusalem, and Maximus Confessor-to determine the Church's power and place during a period of profound crisis, as the eastern Roman empire suffered serious reversals in the face of Persian and then Islamic expansion. By asserting visions which reconciled long-standing intellectual tensions between asceticism and Church, these authors established the framework for their subsequent emergence as Constantinople's most vociferous religious critics, their alliance with the Roman popes, and their radical rejection of imperial interference in matters of the faith. Situated within the broader religious currents of the fourth to seventh centuries, this book throws new light on the nature not only of the holy man in late antiquity, but also of the Byzantine Orthodoxy that would emerge in the Middle Ages, and which is still central to the churches of Greece and Eastern Europe"-- Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This book focuses on the attempts of three ascetics-John Moschus, Sophronius of Jerusalem, and Maximus Confessor-to determine the Church's power and place during a period of profound crisis, as the eastern Roman empire suffered serious reversals in the face of Persian and then Islamic expansion. By asserting visions which reconciled long-standing intellectual tensions between asceticism and Church, these authors established the framework for their subsequent emergence as Constantinople's most vociferous religious critics, their alliance with the Roman popes, and their radical rejection of imperial interference in matters of the faith. Situated within the broader religious currents of the fourth to seventh centuries, this book throws new light on the nature not only of the holy man in late antiquity, but also of the Byzantine Orthodoxy that would emerge in the Middle Ages, and which is still central to the churches of Greece and Eastern Europe"-- Provided by publisher.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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