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Holy bishops in late antiquity :

Rapp, Claudia.

Holy bishops in late antiquity : the nature of Christian leadership in an age of transition / Claudia Rapp. - Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2005. - xii, 346 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - The transformation of the classical heritage ; 37 .

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.

0520242963 (alk. paper)

2004013430


Bishops--Rome.
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

BR166 / .R36 2005

262/.1214

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