Episcopal Elections in Late Antiquity (eBook)

Johan Leemans, Peter Van Nuffelen, Shawn W. J. Keough, Carla Nicolaye (Herausgeber)

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2011
618 Seiten
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-3-11-026860-7 (ISBN)

Infos

The election of a new bishop was a defining moment for local Christian communities in Late Antiquity. This volume contributes to a reassessment of the phenomenon of episcopal elections from the broadest possible perspective, examining the varied combination of factors, personalities, rules and habits that played a role in the process. Building on the state of the art regarding late antique bishops and episcopal election, this interdisciplinary volume of collected studies by leading scholars offers fresh perspectives by focussing on specific case-studies and opening up new approaches.

Johan Leemans, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium; Peter Van Nuffelen, University of Ghent, Belgium; Shawn W. J. Keough, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium; Carla Nicolaye, RWTH Aachen University, Germany.

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Johan Leemans, Catholic University ofLeuven,Belgium; Peter Van Nuffelen, University of Ghent, Belgium; Shawn W. J. Keough, Catholic University ofLeuven, Belgium; Carla Nicolaye, RWTH Aachen University, Germany.

Inhalt

Preface 8
Table of Contents 10
Episcopal Elections in Late Antiquity: Structures and Perspectives 14
Keynote Lectures 34
Episcopal Succession in Antioch in the Sixth Century 36
The Election of Ambrose of Milan 52
Theodoret of Cyrrhus and Syrian Episcopal Elections 74
L’élection d’archevêques diphysites au trône alexandrin (451-482): une désignation artificielle et contrainte? 102
Bischofswahl und Bischofsernennung im Synodicon Orientale 122
La royauté mérovingienne et les élections épiscopales au VIe siècle 140
Canonical Legislation on the Ordination of Bishops: Innocent I’s Letter to Victricius of Rouen 158
Christlicher Euergetismus ob honorem? Die Einsetzung von Klerikern in ihre Ämter und die von diesen vorangetriebenen Bauprojekte 180
Clerical Marriage and Episcopal Elections in the Latin West: From Siricius to Leo I 196
The Saint and the Bishop: Severinus of Noricum 216
Bishops and Clerics during the Fourth Century: Numbers and Their Implications 230
The Rhetoric of Rules and the Rule of Consensus 256
Les élections épiscopates en Égypte aux VIe- VIIe siècles 272
Bischofswahlen in Rom (3.-6. Jh.): Bedingungen – Akteure – Verfahren 306
Short Papers 318
Les élections épiscopales en Orient sous Sévère d’Antioche (512-518) 320
...ut sancto sanctus succederet... oder: Haben Heilige eine Wahl? Ein Ausblick auf die frühmittelalterliche Bischofserhebung in den Viten heiliger Bischöfe 328
Bishop Pesynthios of Koptos (Egypt): “He did not pursue the honour, but it was the honour that pursued him” 344
An Extraordinary Bishop: Eusebius of Caesarea in Cappadocia 356
The Election and Deposition of Meletius of Antioch: The Fall of an Integrative Bishop 370
Haeres Petri: Kontinuitat und Wandel in der Bischofsnachfolge des Siricius von Rom 388
Episcopal Succession as Criterion of Communion: The Rise of Rival Episcopal Genealogies in Alexandria according to Liberatus of Carthage 402
Epiphanius of Cyprus vs. John of Jerusalem: An Improper Ordination and the Escalation of the Origenist Controversy 424
Episcopal Elections in Gaul: The Normative View of the Concilia Galliae versus the Narrative Accounts 436
Ecclesia non abhorret a sanguine. Les élections épiscopales dans l’Église arménienne aux IVe-Ve siècles 450
Education, Humility and Choosing Ideal Bishops in Late Antiquity 462
Zum Beispiel Proklos von Konstantinopel. Über Chancen und Grenzen des spätantiken Bischofsamtes 528
The Election of Sahak I as Catholicos of the Armenian Church 544
Procedure and Hierarchy: Models of Episcopal Election in Late Antique Conciliar and Papal Rule making 554
Episcopal Self-Presentation: Sidonius Apollinaris and the Episcopal Election in Bourges AD 470 568
The Election of Paul the Jew (519) in Light of the Theopaschite Controversy 576
List of Authors 588
Indices 590
Index nominum 590
Index rerum 599
Index locorum 600

Rezensionen

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Stephan Haering in: ZKG 128 (2017) Nr. 1, S. 101

"A summery outline such as this can hardly do justice to a collection whose chief strength lies in the breadth of evidence and insight offered. It is a tribute to the editors and their process of selection and organisation that their volume holds together so well and remains focused on the twin aims of diversity and synthesis laid down in the introduction. Certainly, any attempt to create such a synthesis in the future must now take into account the different perspectives and methodological approaches represented here."
David M. Gwynn in: Journal of Ecclesiastical History Vol. 64 N. 2

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.7.2011
• Reihe/Serie: Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte
• Reihe/Serie: Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte
• Reihe/Serie: ISSN
• Reihe/Serie: ISSN
• Verlagsort: Berlin/Boston
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Kirchenrecht
• Schlagworte: Antike Kirchengeschichte • Antique Church History • Bischöfe • Bischofswahl • Bishops • Episcopal Elections • Late Antique Christianity • Roman Empire • Römisches Reich • Spätantikes Christentum
• ISBN-10: 3-11-026860-4 / 3110268604
• ISBN-13: 978-3-11-026860-7 / 9783110268607