Episcopal elections 250-600
hierarchy and popular will in late antiquity
- ISBN: 9780199207473
- Editorial: Oxford University Press
- Fecha de la edición: 2007
- Lugar de la edición: Oxford. Reino Unido
- Colección: Oxford classical monographs
- Encuadernación: Cartoné
- Medidas: 23 cm
- Nº Pág.: 271
- Idiomas: Español
Peter Norton covers a topic of great relevance to students of early Church history and late antiquity alike. He challenges the conventional view that after the adoption of Christianity by the Roman empire the local community lost its voice in the appointment of bishops, and argues that this right remained in theory and practice for longer than is normally assumed. Given that bishops became important to the running of the empire at the local level, a proper understanding of how they came into office is essential for our understanding of the later empire.