Title: AD 381 : heretics, pagans and the Christian state /
Authors: Freeman, Charles, 1947-
Publisher: Pimlico,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Theodosius; Church history
Abstract: "In this groundbreaking new book, acclaimed historian Charles Freeman shows that the Council of Constantinople was in fact a sham, only taking place after Theodosius's decree had already become law. The Church was acquiescing to the overwhelming power of the emperor - and the council was a cover-up."--Inside jacket.
Contents: Disaster -- The divine emperor -- Free speech in the classical world -- The coming of the Christian state -- True God from true God -- The swansong of free speech : the theological orations of Gregory of Nazianzus -- Constantinople, 381 : the imposition of orthodoxy -- Ambrose and the politics of control -- The assault of paganism -- Epiphanius' witchhunt -- Enforcing the law -- Augustine sets the seal -- Collapse in the Christian west -- Faith, reason and the trinity -- The creeds of Nicaea (325), Constantinople (381) and Athanasius (c.430?).