Leadership for the Christian Empire: Emperors and Bishops in the Ecclesiastical History of Philostorgius
The fifth-century Ecclesiastical History of Philostorgius is an unusual example of a surviving minority source. Although scholars have mined his work for raw data on events between 320 and 425 c.e., in contrast to other contemporary ecclesiastical historians, Philostorgius has received little attent...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2018]
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Church history
Year: 2018, Volume: 87, Issue: 3, Pages: 684-717 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Philostorgius 368-433, Historia ecclesiastica
/ Eunomius of Cyzica 330-392
/ Council 1. (325 : Nizäa)
/ Historiography
/ Church
/ State
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAA Church history KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity SA Church law; state-church law |
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| Summary: | The fifth-century Ecclesiastical History of Philostorgius is an unusual example of a surviving minority source. Although scholars have mined his work for raw data on events between 320 and 425 c.e., in contrast to other contemporary ecclesiastical historians, Philostorgius has received little attention. His work has suffered derision, being seen as nothing more than Arian polemic and thus as more partisan than its pro-Nicene counterparts. This essay analyzes Philostorgius's role as one of many competitive voices participating in the composition of historical works for the elite readership of Constantinople in the fifth century. Philostorgius's Ecclesiastical History constituted an integral part of the historiography of late antiquity and early Christianity. His representation of the relationship between bishops and emperors reveals a distinctive theory of history which informs his entire work. |
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| ISSN: | 1755-2613 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Church history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0009640718001579 |