During a difficult time for the emerging Christian religion, John Chrysostom emerged as a dominant figure on the ecclesiastical and political landscape. Drawing on recent research, this book examines Chrysostom's influence.
During a difficult time for the emerging Christian religion, John Chrysostom emerged as a dominant figure on the ecclesiastical and political landscape. Drawing on recent research, this book examines Chrysostom's influence.
"Around the turn of the fifth century, Christian theologians and churchmen contested each other's orthodoxy and good repute by hurling charges of "Origenism" at their opponents. And although orthodoxy was more narrowly defined by that era than during Origen's lifetime in the thi…
Around the turn of the fifth century, Christian theologians and churchmen contested each other's orthodoxy and good repute by hurling charges of "Origenism" at their opponents. And although orthodoxy was more narrowly defined by that era than during Origen's lifetime in the thir…
[Flaptekst] Adding great historical insight to the events of the sixteenth century, Inventing authority uncovers how and why the Protestant reformers came, in their dissent from the Catholic church, to turn to the Church Fathers and align their movements with the early church. D…
