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Voting about God in early church councils /

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0300135297

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6611735054

(Number (ISBN

9780300135299

(Number (ISBN

9786611735050

Erroneous ISBN

0300115962

Erroneous ISBN

1281735051

Erroneous ISBN

9780300115963

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9781281735058

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Voting about God in early church councils /

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[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Ramsay MacMullen.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New Haven :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Yale University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2006.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (ix, 170 pages) :

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illustrations, maps

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-166) and index.

Text of Note

Introduction -- The democratic element -- The cognitive element -- The 'supernaturalist' element -- The violent element -- Preliminaries -- Councils in action -- The stage -- Dioscorus -- Management -- Exact words.

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In this study, Ramsay MacMullen steps aside from the well-worn path that previous scholars have trod to explore exactly how early Christian doctrines became official. Drawing on extensive verbatim stenographic records, he analyzes the ecumenical councils from A.D. 325 to 553, in which participants gave authority to doctrinal choices by majority vote. The author investigates the sometimes astonishing bloodshed and violence that marked the background to church council proceedings, and from there goes on to describe the planning and staging of councils, the emperors' role, the routines of debate, the participants' understanding of the issues, and their views on God's intervention in their activities. He concludes with a look at the significance of the councils and their doctrinal decisions within the history of Christendom.

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JSTOR

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22573/ctt112wx5

Title

Voting about God in early church councils.

International Standard Book Number

9780300115963

Church history-- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

Councils and synods.

God (Christianity)-- History of doctrines-- Early church, ca. 30-600.

Algemene concilies.

Bisschoppen.

Church history-- Primitive and early church.

Councils and synods.

God (Christianity)-- History of doctrines.

HISTORY-- General.

RELIGION-- Christian Theology-- Ecclesiology.

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REL-- 067050

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MacMullen, Ramsay,1928-

Date of Transaction

20200822100828.0

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