Voting about God in early church councils /
MacMullen, Ramsay, 1928-2022.
Voting about God in early church councils / Ramsay MacMullen. - London: Yale University Press c2006 - ix, 170 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-166) and index.
Introduction -- The democratic element -- The cognitive element -- The 'supernaturalist' element -- The violent element -- Preliminaries -- Councils in action -- The stage -- Dioscorus -- Management -- Exact words.
"What was it like to be a bishop in the early church voting on what God's law should be? How did bishops who disagreed about God's law conduct themselves? Often they were raucous, riotous, even violent in settling disputes. Ramsay MacMullen steps aside from the well-worn path that previous scholars have trod to explore exactly how early Christian doctrines became official. Drawing on extensive verbatim stenographic records, he analyzes the ecumenical councils from A.D. 325 to 553, in which participants gave authority to doctrinal choices by majority vote."--Jacket.
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Councils and synods.
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
God (Christianity)--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
BV710 / .M28 2006
ARCH YNDC 262.514 M168V
Voting about God in early church councils / Ramsay MacMullen. - London: Yale University Press c2006 - ix, 170 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-166) and index.
Introduction -- The democratic element -- The cognitive element -- The 'supernaturalist' element -- The violent element -- Preliminaries -- Councils in action -- The stage -- Dioscorus -- Management -- Exact words.
"What was it like to be a bishop in the early church voting on what God's law should be? How did bishops who disagreed about God's law conduct themselves? Often they were raucous, riotous, even violent in settling disputes. Ramsay MacMullen steps aside from the well-worn path that previous scholars have trod to explore exactly how early Christian doctrines became official. Drawing on extensive verbatim stenographic records, he analyzes the ecumenical councils from A.D. 325 to 553, in which participants gave authority to doctrinal choices by majority vote."--Jacket.
0300115962 9780300115963 9780300255416 0300255411
9780300115963
2005034666
GBA667979 bnb
Councils and synods.
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
God (Christianity)--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
BV710 / .M28 2006
ARCH YNDC 262.514 M168V