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Crisis of empire :

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0520280423

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9780520280427

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Crisis of empire :

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[Book]

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doctrine and dissent at the end of late antiquity /

First Statement of Responsibility

Phil Booth

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xv, 393 pages ;

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24 cm

Series Title

Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature

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Transformation of the classical heritage ;

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52

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Toward the sacramental saint -- Sophronius and the Miracles -- Moschus and the Meadow -- Maximus and the Mystagogy -- The making of the Monenergist crisis -- Jerusalem and Rome at the dawn of the caliphate -- Rebellion and retribution

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"This book focuses on the attempts of three ascetics-John Moschus, Sophronius of Jerusalem, and Maximus Confessor-to determine the Church's power and place during a period of profound crisis, as the eastern Roman empire suffered serious reversals in the face of Persian and then Islamic expansion. By asserting visions which reconciled long-standing intellectual tensions between asceticism and Church, these authors established the framework for their subsequent emergence as Constantinople's most vociferous religious critics, their alliance with the Roman popes, and their radical rejection of imperial interference in matters of the faith. Situated within the broader religious currents of the fourth to seventh centuries, this book throws new light on the nature not only of the holy man in late antiquity, but also of the Byzantine Orthodoxy that would emerge in the Middle Ages, and which is still central to the churches of Greece and Eastern Europe"--

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"This book focuses on the attempts of three seventh-century Palestinian intellectuals--John Moschos, Sophronius of Jerusalem, and Maximus the Confessor--to determine the Church's power and place during a period of profound crisis, as the eastern Roman empire suffered serious reversals in the face of Persian and then Islamic expansion. Through their stories, Booth documents nothing less than a profound change in the very nature of the self-perception of a religious society. Although focused on the first half of the seventh century, this book throws bright light both behind itself--on the nature of the role of the holy man in late antiquity--and in front of itself--on the nature of the Byzantine Orthodoxy that would emerge in the middle ages, and which is still central to the churches of Greece and Eastern Europe"--

Maximus,approximately 580-662

Moschus, John,approximately 550-619

Sophronius,approximately 560-approximately 638

Church history-- 7th century

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Booth, Phil,1981-

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20151223102245.0

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