The bishop of Rome in late antiquity
By: edited by Geoffrey D. Dunn, Australian Catholic University, Australia
Publisher: Ashgate; Routledge
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Farnham Surrey, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9781472455512; 9781472455529; 9781472455536
Subjects: Primitive and early church; Popes; Church history; History of doctrines; Primacy; Papst
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-256) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction, Geoffrey D. Dunn. Part I The Fourth Century: The Pax Constantiniana and the Roman episcopate, Glen L. Thompson; The Bishop of Rome and the martyrs, Marianne Sághy; Siricius and the rise of the papacy, Christian Hornung; Pope Siricius and Himerius of Tarragona (385): provincial papal intervention in the 4th century, Alberto Ferreiro. Part II The Fifth Century: Innocent I and the First Synod of Toledo, Geoffrey D. Dunn; Reconsidering a relationship: Pope Leo of Rome and Prosper of Aquitaine, Michele Renee Salzman; Narrating papal authority (440-530): the adaptation of Liber Pontificalis to the apostolic see's developing claims, Philippe Blaudeau; Are all universalist politics local?: Pope Gelasius I's international ambition as a tonic for local humiliation, George Demacopoulos; Crisis in the letters of Gelasius I (492-96): a new model of crisis management?, Bronwen Neil. Part III The Sixth Century: Ipsis diebus Bonifatius, zelo et dolo ductus: the root causes of the double papal election of 22 September 530, Dominic Moreau; Gregory the Great and Sicily: an example of continuity and change in the Late 6th century, Christopher Hanlon.