The politics of heresy in Ambrose of Milan: community and consensus in late-antique Christianity
Ambrose of Milan is famous above all for his struggle with, and triumph over, 'Arian' heresy. Yet, almost all of the evidence comes from Ambrose's own writings, and from pious historians of the next generation who represented him as a champion of orthodoxy. This detailed study argues...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ambrose Saint, Bishop of Milan 339-397
/ Arianism
/ Church
/ Heresy
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAC Church history 500-1500; Middle Ages KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages |
| Further subjects: | B
Arianism
Italy
History
B Ambrose Saint, Bishop of Milan 339-397 B Ambrose B Ambrose -397 B Milan (Italy) Church history B Augustinus, Aurelius Saint (354-430) Confessiones B Arianism History Italy B Arius Haeresiarcha (260-336) B Church History Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 B Arianism B Milan (Italy) B Church History B Ambrose, -397 *Saint, Bishop of Milan* |
| Summary: | Ambrose of Milan is famous above all for his struggle with, and triumph over, 'Arian' heresy. Yet, almost all of the evidence comes from Ambrose's own writings, and from pious historians of the next generation who represented him as a champion of orthodoxy. This detailed study argues instead that an 'Arian' opposition in Milan was largely conjured up by Ambrose himself, lumping together critics and outsiders in order to secure and justify his own authority. Along with new interpretations of Ambrose's election as bishop, his controversies over the faith, and his clashes with the imperial court, this book provides a new understanding of the nature and significance of heretical communities in Late Antiquity. In place of rival congregations inflexibly committed to doctrinal beliefs, it envisages a world of more fluid allegiances in which heresy - but also consensus - could be a matter of deploying the right rhetorical frame |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-336) and index Rezension (Review): Augustiniana 68 (2018) 393-398 (R. Flower) |
| ISBN: | 110701946X |