The Literary Connoisseur: Socrates Scholasticus on Rhetoric, Literature and Religious Orthodoxy
This paper explores Socrates Scholasticus’ accounts of rhetorical deliveries and allusions to bishops’ oratorical displays in the light of new tendencies in late antique literature and historiography with the aim of concluding that the Church historian considered that rhetorical deliveries were part...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2015
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Vigiliae Christianae
Year: 2015, Volume: 69, Issue: 2, Pages: 109-122 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KAA Church history KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
| Further subjects: | B
Socrates Scholasticus
rhetorical criticism
sophistry
religious orthodoxy
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| Summary: | This paper explores Socrates Scholasticus’ accounts of rhetorical deliveries and allusions to bishops’ oratorical displays in the light of new tendencies in late antique literature and historiography with the aim of concluding that the Church historian considered that rhetorical deliveries were part of the negotiating process in the search of religious consensus. |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource |
| ISSN: | 1570-0720 |
| Contains: | In: Vigiliae Christianae
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700720-12341184 |