Marcellus of Ancyra and the lost years of the Arian controversy, 325-345
Is it true, as has often been claimed in recent years, that there was no real controversy in the period immediately following the Council of Nicaea? Sara Parvis, in this lively and meticulous study, argues not. She shows that the two opposing parties which had formed in support of Alexander of Alexa...
| Summary: | Is it true, as has often been claimed in recent years, that there was no real controversy in the period immediately following the Council of Nicaea? Sara Parvis, in this lively and meticulous study, argues not. She shows that the two opposing parties which had formed in support of Alexander of Alexandria and Arius in the years before Nicaea continued their activities afterwards, targeting one another with ruthless zeal at a series of synods which may look neutral but are revealed tobe demonstrably partisan. Only the deaths of all the original party leaders except Marcellus of Ancyra, and the r |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-276) and index |
| ISBN: | 0199280134 |