Monastic authority on trial: the Synod of Latopolis
This contribution offers a close reading of the events of the so-called Synod of Latopolis, where members of the Pachomian monastic congregation and Upper Egyptian clergy met to debate the issue of clairvoyance. By exploring the different and, at times, contrasting modes of perception of this local...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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De Gruyter
2020
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Konzilien und kanonisches Recht in Spätantike und frühem Mittelalter
Year: 2020, Pages: 25-40 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Council
/ History
/ Church history studies 300-400
/ Monk
/ Authority
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages KCA Monasticism; religious orders KCC Councils |
| Summary: | This contribution offers a close reading of the events of the so-called Synod of Latopolis, where members of the Pachomian monastic congregation and Upper Egyptian clergy met to debate the issue of clairvoyance. By exploring the different and, at times, contrasting modes of perception of this local church council, it also contributes to the reception of the institutional synod as a suitable forum for conciliation and conflict resolution in the hagiographical literature of the late fourth century. |
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| ISBN: | 3110684306 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Internationale Konferenz "Konziliare Entscheidungsfindung in Spätantike und Frühem Mittelalter (6.-Mitte 9. Jh.)" (2017 : Frankfurt am Main), Konzilien und kanonisches Recht in Spätantike und frühem Mittelalter
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