Portraits of Spiritual Authority
Author: Jan Willem Drijvers
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004295919
Category: Social Science
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This study of several figures of spiritual authority in early Christianity (2nd-8th centuries) examines how the struggle for religious power developed with the changing relationships between church and society.
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"The Christian Church's ideas about the afterlife have always been central to its thought, and may have played the vital role in the spread of the faith itself. One sixth-century pagan was reported by Bede to have likened human life to a sparrow flying swiftly through a well-lit hall from
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Books about Historical Portraits of the Tudor Dynasty and the Reformation Period
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Books about CURRENT CONTENTS January 7, 2002 Volume 24 Number 1
Language: en
Pages: 427
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New essays on a central dichotomy of history and theology, the need to reconcile the diversity of the Church with a unifying discipline.
