Saint John Chrysostom's Rhetorical Use of the Socratic Distinction between Kingship and Tyranny
The voluminous writings of St. John Chrysostom reflect the influence of the important movements and controversies of the fourth century: the spread of monasticism, the final conflict between Christianity and paganism, and the struggle between Nicene orthodoxy and Arianism, which came to an end, at l...
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Cambridge University Press
1958
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Traditio
Year: 1958, Volume: 14, Pages: 367-371 |
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| Summary: | The voluminous writings of St. John Chrysostom reflect the influence of the important movements and controversies of the fourth century: the spread of monasticism, the final conflict between Christianity and paganism, and the struggle between Nicene orthodoxy and Arianism, which came to an end, at least in the Eastern Empire, with Theodosius the Great and the first Council of Constantinople in 381. Each of these Christian groups — monks, Arians, and Nicene orthodox — had, as George Huntston Williams has clearly shown, its own distinctive attitude towards the imperial state. |
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| ISSN: | 2166-5508 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S036215290001014X |