Portraits of spiritual authority
Subtitle: religious power in early Christianity, Byzantium, and the Christian Orient
By: edited by Jan Willem Drijvers and John W. Watt.
Contributors: Drijvers, Jan Willem.; Watt, J. W.
Series: Religions in the Graeco-Roman world,; v. 137
Publisher: Brill
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
Subjects: Authority -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600 -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: "This volume deals with several figures of spiritual authority in Christianity during late antiquity and the early middle ages, and seeks to illuminate the way in which the struggle for religious influence evolved with changes in church and society."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.