| Description |
1 online resource (262 pages) |
| Series |
Divinations : rereading late ancient religion |
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Divinations.
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| Contents |
Petrine legends, external recognition, and the cult of Peter in Rome -- The many faces of Leo's Peter -- Gelasius' domestic problems and international posture -- The Petrine discourse in Theoderic's Italy and Justinian's empire -- Restraint and desperation in Gregory the Great's Petrine appeal -- The Life of St. Gregory of Agrigentum as a seventh-century Petrine critique of the papacy -- The invention of Peter -- Appendix I. Pope Gelasius to Augustus Anastasius -- Appendix II. Tract VI |
| Summary |
By emphasizing the ways the Bishops of Rome first leveraged the cult of St. Peter to their advantage, George E. Demacopoulos constructs an alternate account of papal history that challenges the dominant narrative of an inevitable and unbroken rise in papal power from late antiquity through the Middle Ages |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
| Subject |
Petrine office -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600
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Popes -- Primacy -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780812208641 |
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0812208641 |
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0812245172 |
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9780812245172 |
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