Episcopal Elections 250-600
Hierarchy and Popular Will in Late Antiquity
Episcopal Elections 250-600
Hierarchy and Popular Will in Late Antiquity
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199207473
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 22/02/2007
Width: 14.5 cm
Height: 22.2 cm
Peter Norton covers a topic of great relevance to students of early Church history and late antiquity alike. He challenges the conventional view that after the adoption of Christianity by the Roman empire the local community lost its voice in the appointment of bishops, and argues that this right remained in theory and practice for longer than is normally assumed. Given that bishops became important to the running of the empire at the local level, a proper
understanding of how they came into office is essential for our understanding of the later empire.
[an] important volume...Norton's fine study provides a welcome addition to scholarship while also pointing toward further fruitful avenues of investigation...Norton has provided the best overview of the topic available, and his book will serve as a point reference for all subsequent investigations of episcopal elections in late antiquity. S.W.J Keough Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses lucidly written and cogently argued Adam A.J. DeVille Logos: A Journal of Early Christian Studies this is a thorough work, which marshals the evidence for its thesis convincingly and well. Robin Ward, Journal of Theological Studies
