AD 381

In AD 381, Theodosius, emperor of the eastern Roman empire, issued a decree in which all his subjects were required to subscribe to a belief in the Trinity of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. This edict defined Christian orthodoxy and brought to an end a lively and wide-ranging debate about the natu...

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Glavni autor: Freeman, Charles, 1947- (-)
Vrsta građe: Knjiga
Jezik: eng
Impresum: London : Pimlico, 2009.
Predmet:
Sadržaj:
  • Disaster
  • The divine emperor
  • Free speech in the classical world
  • The coming of the Christian state
  • True God from true God?
  • The swansong of free speech : the theological orations of Gregory of Nazianzus
  • .
  • Constantinople, 381 : the imposition of orthodoxy
  • Ambrose and the politics of control
  • The assault on paganism
  • Epiphanius' witchhunt
  • Enforcing the law
  • Augustine sets the seal
  • Collapse in the Christian West
  • Faith, reason, and the Trinity
  • Appendix. The creeds of Nicaea (325), Constantinople (391), and Athanasius (c. 430?).