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Voting about God in early church councils / Ramsay MacMullen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London: Yale University Press c2006Description: ix, 170 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0300115962
  • 9780300115963
  • 9780300255416
  • 0300255411
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • ARCH YNDC 262.514 M168V  22
LOC classification:
  • BV710 .M28 2006
Contents:
Introduction -- The democratic element -- The cognitive element -- The 'supernaturalist' element -- The violent element -- Preliminaries -- Councils in action -- The stage -- Dioscorus -- Management -- Exact words.
Review: "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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Archives Archives SAIACS Archives Room Yandell Collection ARCH YNDC 262.514 M168V (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 062034

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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