Holy bishops in late antiquity the nature of Christian leadership in an age of transition /

Main Author: Rapp, Claudia.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2005.
Series:The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature The transformation of the classical heritage ; 37
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The nature of leadership in late antiquity
  • Pragmatic authority
  • Spiritual authority
  • Ascetic authority
  • Bishops in action
  • Social contexts
  • Cities
  • Empire
  • The bishop as a new urban functionary.