Description: In this study, 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.The author investigates the sometimes astonishing bloodshed and violence that marked the background to church council proceedings, and from there goes on to describe the planning and staging of councils, the emperors' role, the routines of debate, the participants' understanding of the issues, and their views on God's intervention in their activities. He concludes with a look at the significance of the councils and their doctrinal decisions within the history of Christendom.
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EAN: 9780300255416
UPC: 9780300255416
ISBN: 9780300255416
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Item Length: 23.4 cm
Book Title: Voting about God in Early Church Councils
Item Height: 235mm
Item Width: 155mm
Author: Ramsay Macmullen
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Religious History, Christianity
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication Year: 2020
Item Weight: 306g
Number of Pages: 182 Pages
