RT Book
T1 Crisis of empire: doctrine and dissent at the end of late antiquity
T2 The transformation of the classical heritage
JF The transformation of the classical heritage
A2 Booth, Phil 1981-
LA English
PP Berkeley, Calif. u.a.
PB University of Californiarnia Press
YR 2014
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1604740566
AB "This book focuses on the attempts of three ascetics-John Moschus, Sophronius of Jerusalem, and Maximus Confessor-to determine the Church's power and place during a period of profound crisis, as the eastern Roman empire suffered serious reversals in the face of Persian and then Islamic expansion. By asserting visions which reconciled long-standing intellectual tensions between asceticism and Church, these authors established the framework for their subsequent emergence as Constantinople's most vociferous religious critics, their alliance with the Roman popes, and their radical rejection of imperial interference in matters of the faith. Situated within the broader religious currents of the fourth to seventh centuries, this book throws new light on the nature not only of the holy man in late antiquity, but also of the Byzantine Orthodoxy that would emerge in the Middle Ages, and which is still central to the churches of Greece and Eastern Europe"--
AB "This book focuses on the attempts of three seventh-century Palestinian intellectuals--John Moschos, Sophronius of Jerusalem, and Maximus the Confessor--to determine the Church's power and place during a period of profound crisis, as the eastern Roman empire suffered serious reversals in the face of Persian and then Islamic expansion. Through their stories, Booth documents nothing less than a profound change in the very nature of the self-perception of a religious society. Although focused on the first half of the seventh century, this book throws bright light both behind itself--on the nature of the role of the holy man in late antiquity--and in front of itself--on the nature of the Byzantine Orthodoxy that would emerge in the middle ages, and which is still central to the churches of Greece and Eastern Europe"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BR162.3
SN 9780520280427
SN 0520280423
SN 9780520296190
K1 Moschus, John approximately 550-619
K1 Sophronius approximately 560-approximately 638
K1 Maximus approximately 580-662
K1 Moschus, John : approximately 550-619
K1 Sophronius : Saint, Patriarch of Jerusalem : approximately 560-approximately 638
K1 Maximus : Confessor, Saint : approximately 580-662
K1 Church History : 7th century
K1 HISTORY / Ancient / General
K1 RELIGION / Christianity / General
K1 Hochschulschrift