TY  - BOOK
AU  - MacMullen,Ramsay
TI  - Voting about God in early church councils
SN  - 0300115962
AV  - BV710 .M28 2006
U1  - ARCH YNDC 262.514 M168V  22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - London: 
PB  - Yale University Press 
KW  - Councils and synods
KW  - Church history
KW  - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
KW  - God (Christianity)
KW  - History of doctrines
KW  - Early church, ca. 30-600
N1  - 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
N2  - "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
ER  -