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The politics of heresy in Ambrose of Milan :

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1108517609

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1108523560

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1139094653

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9781108517607

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9781108523561

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9781139094658

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110701946X

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9781107019461

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The politics of heresy in Ambrose of Milan :

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community and consensus in late-antique Christianity /

First Statement of Responsibility

Michael Stuart Williams.

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Cambridge, United Kingdom :

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Cambridge University Press,

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2017.

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1 online resource (356 pages)

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Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Strange Death of â#x80;#x9C;Arianâ#x80;#x9D; Milan -- Chapter 1 Making Distinctions: Christian Identity and Community in Late Antiquity -- Chapter 2 A Tale of Two Bishops: Auxentius of Milan and the Election of Ambrose -- Chapter 3 Framing the Faith: Aquileia, De Fide and the Rhetoric of Unity -- Chapter 4 Manufacturing Consensus: Communities, Leaders and the First Basilica Crisis

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Chapter 5 Popular Appeal: Unity and Authority in the Second Basilica CrisisConclusion: Waiting for the Arians -- Bibliography -- Index of Modern Authors

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Ambrose of Milan is famous above all for his struggle with, and triumph over, 'Arian' heresy. Yet, almost all of the evidence comes from Ambrose's own writings, and from pious historians of the next generation who represented him as a champion of orthodoxy. This detailed study argues instead that an 'Arian' opposition in Milan was largely conjured up by Ambrose himself, lumping together critics and outsiders in order to secure and justify his own authority. Along with new interpretations of Ambrose's election as bishop, his controversies over the faith, and his clashes with the imperial court, this book provides a new understanding of the nature and significance of heretical communities in Late Antiquity. In place of rival congregations inflexibly committed to doctrinal beliefs, it envisages a world of more fluid allegiances in which heresy - but also consensus - could be a matter of deploying the right rhetorical frame.

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Politics of heresy in Ambrose of Milan. Community and consensus in Late Antique Christianity.

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9781107019461

Ambrose,-397.

Ambrose,-397.

Christian heresies-- History-- Early church, ca. 30-600.

Christian heresies-- Early church.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY-- Ancient Languages.

RELIGION-- Christian Church-- History.

RELIGION-- Christianity-- History.

REL-- 015000

REL-- 108020

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Williams, Michael Stuart,1977-

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20200822145526.0

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