Chalcedon in Context

Church Councils 400-700

AvRichard Price,Mary Whitby

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

Del 1 i serien Translated Texts for Historians, Contexts

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Beskrivning

This collection of essays has its origin in a conference held at Oxford in 2006 to mark the publication of the first English edition of the Acts of Chalcedon. Its aim is to place Chalcedon in a broader context, and bring out the importance of the acts of the early general councils from the fifth to the seventh century, documents that because of their bulk and relative inaccessibility have received only limited attention till recently. This volume is evidence that this situation is now rapidly changing, as historians of late antiquity as well as specialists in the history of the Christian Church discover the richness of this material for the exploration of common concerns and tensions across the provinces of the Later Roman Empire, language use, networks of influence and cultural exchange, and political manipulation at many different levels of society. The extent to which the acts were instruments of propaganda and should not be read as a pure verbatim record of proceedings is brought out in a number of the essays, which illustrate the fascinating literary problems raised by these texts.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-03-01
Mått:147 x 210 x undefined mm
Vikt:335 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Translated Texts for Historians, Contexts
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Liverpool University Press
ISBN:9781846316487

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Richard Price is Professor Emeritus of the History of Christianity, Heythrop College and Honorary Research Fellow, Royal Holloway, University of London. His many previous publications include The Acts of the Lateran Synod of 649 (with P. Booth & C. Cubitt, Liverpool 2014), The Acts of the Second Council of Nicaea (Liverpool 2018), The Council of Ephesus of 431 (with T. Graumann, Liverpool 2020), Canons of the Quinisext Council (691/2) (Liverpool 2020) and The Acts of the Council of Constantinople of 869-70 (with Federico Montinaro, Liverpool 2022). Mary Whitby is Instructor in Greek and Latin in the University of Oxford and Lecturer in Ancient Greek at Merton College, Oxford. She is a General Editor of the Translated Texts for Historians series.

Recensioner i media

'Given the interest and the quality of the work identified as well as the importance and originality of many of the translations proposed in the "Translated Texts for Historians" series, one can not but wish to increase the volumes of their sub-series "Contexts" .' (Translated from French)Dominic Moreau, Cristianesimo nella storia

Innehållsförteckning

AbbreviationsList of ContributorsIntroduction - Averil CameronThe Council of Chalcedon and the Definition of Christian Tradition - David M. Gwynn‘Reading’ the First Council of Ephesus (431) - Thomas GraumannThe Syriac Acts of the Second Council of Ephesus (449) - Fergus MillarThe Council of Chalcedon (451): A Narrative - Richard PriceTruth, Omission, and Fiction in the Acts of Chalcedon - Richard PriceWhy Did the Syrians reject the Council of Chalcedon? - Andrew LouthThe Second Council of Constantinople (553) and the Malleable Past - Richard PriceThe Lateran Council of 649 as an Ecumenical Council - Catherine CubittThe Quinisext Council (692) as a Continuation of Chalcedon - Judith HerrinAcclamations at the Council of Chalcedon - Charlotte RouechéAn Unholy Crew? Bishops Behaving Badly at Church Councils - Michael WhitbyIndex