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Titre : |
Defending Constantine : the twilight of an empire and the dawn of Christendom |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
Leithart, Peter J., Auteur |
Editeur : |
Downers Grove, Ill : IVP Academic |
Année de publication : |
©2010 |
Importance : |
373 p. |
Format : |
23 cm |
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-0-8308-2722-0 |
Note générale : |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Catégories : |
Church history -- Primitive and early church. Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, -337 Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Rome (Empire)
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Résumé : |
Leithart reads the original ancient, the seminal secondary, and lots of other sources to contend that Constantine was a believer and a conciliator who sought theological agreement for the political stability it brought. Contra the influential interpretation of Anabaptist theologian John Howard Yoder, Leithart maintains that when Constantine is understood in historical context, his disestablishment of pagan religion |
Note de contenu : |
Sanguinary edicts --
Jupiter on the throne --
Instinctu divinitatus --
By this sign --
Liberator ecclesiae --
End of sacrifice --
Common bishop --
Nicaea and after --
Seeds of evangelical law --
Justice for all --
One God, one emperor --
Pacifist church? --
Christian empire, Christian mission --
Rome baptized. |
Defending Constantine : the twilight of an empire and the dawn of Christendom [texte imprimé] / Leithart, Peter J., Auteur . - Downers Grove, Ill : IVP Academic, ©2010 . - 373 p. ; 23 cm. ISBN : 978-0-8308-2722-0 Includes bibliographical references and indexes Langues : Anglais ( eng)
Catégories : |
Church history -- Primitive and early church. Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, -337 Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Rome (Empire)
|
Résumé : |
Leithart reads the original ancient, the seminal secondary, and lots of other sources to contend that Constantine was a believer and a conciliator who sought theological agreement for the political stability it brought. Contra the influential interpretation of Anabaptist theologian John Howard Yoder, Leithart maintains that when Constantine is understood in historical context, his disestablishment of pagan religion |
Note de contenu : |
Sanguinary edicts --
Jupiter on the throne --
Instinctu divinitatus --
By this sign --
Liberator ecclesiae --
End of sacrifice --
Common bishop --
Nicaea and after --
Seeds of evangelical law --
Justice for all --
One God, one emperor --
Pacifist church? --
Christian empire, Christian mission --
Rome baptized. |
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100044063 | BR 180 .L45 2010 | Book | Bibliothèque principale | English Books | Exclu du prêt |
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