Crisis of Empire (eBook)

Doctrine and Dissent at the End of Late Antiquity

Phil Booth (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2013
419 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-95658-2 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Inhalt

Preface
Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Toward the Sacramental Saint
Ascetics and the Eucharist before Chalcedon  
Cyril of Scythopolis and the Second Origenist Crisis
Mystics and Liturgists  
Hagiography and the Eucharist after Chalcedon
 
2. Sophronius and the Miracles
Impresario of the Saints 
Medicine and Miracle 
Narratives of Redemption 
The Miracles in Comparative Perspective
 
3. Moschus and the Meadow
The Fall of Jerusalem 
Moschus from Alexandria to Rome 
Ascetics and the City 
Chalcedon and the Eucharist 

4. Maximus and the Mystagogy 
Maximus, Monk of Palestine 
The Return of the Cross 
The Mystagogy 

5. The Making of the Monenergist Crisis 
The Origins of Monenergism 
The Heraclian Unions 
Sophronius the Dissident

6. Jerusalem and Rome at the Dawn of the Caliphate 
Sophronius the Patriarch 
Jerusalem from Roman to Islamic Rule 
The Year of the Four Emperors 
From Operations to Wills 
Maximus and the Popes 

7. Rebellion and Retribution
Maximus from Africa to Rome 
The Roman-Palestinian Alliance 
Rebellion and Trial 
Maximus in Exile

Conclusion 
Bibliography 
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.10.2013
• Reihe/Serie: Transformation of the Classical Heritage
• Reihe/Serie: Transformation of the Classical Heritage
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Schlagworte: Alexandria • Anastasius • Ancient history • Ancient Rome • ascetic • Bible • byzantine orthodoxy • Christian History • Christianity • Church Fathers • Church history • church power • Constantinople • eastern Roman Empire • engaging • Historical • Holy Men • imperial interference • intellectual tensions • john moschus • Late Antiquity • matters of faith • Maximus Confessor • Power of God • Religion • religious critics • Roman Empire • roman popes • sophronius of jerusalem • Visions
• ISBN-10: 0-520-95658-3 / 0520956583
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-95658-2 / 9780520956582