A threat to public piety
Subtitle: Christians, Platonists, and the great persecution
By: Elizabeth DePalma Digeser
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780801441813
Subjects: Philosophy; Violence; Christianity; Philosophy and religion; Church history; Persecution; Platonists; Religious aspects; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : from permeable circles to hardened boundaries; title: Ammonius Saccas and the philosophy without conflicts; title: Origen as a student of Ammonius; title: Plotinus, Porphyry, and philosophy in the public realm; title: Schism in the Ammonian community : Porphyry v. Iamblichus; title: Schism in the Ammonian community : Porphyry v. Methodius of Olympus; title: Conclusion : the Ammonian community and the great persecution.