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Summary:

"Flight during times of persecution has a long and fraught history in early Christianity. In the third century, bishops who fled were considered cowards or, worse yet, heretics. On the face, flight meant denial of Christ and thus betrayal of faith and community. But by the fourth century, the terms of persecution changed as Christianity became the favored cult of the Roman Empire. Prominent Christians who fled and hence survived became founders and influencers of Christianity over time. Bishops in Flight examines the various ways these episcopal leaders both appealed to and altered the discourse of Christian flight to defend their status as purveyors of Christian truth, even when their exiles appeared to condemn them, illuminating how profoundly Christian authors deployed theological discourse and the rhetoric of heresy to respond to the phenomenal political instability of the fourth and fifth centuries"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Athanasius of Alexandria in flight
• How to return from flight
• John Chrysostom in flight
• To rehabilitate and return a bishop in flight
• To condemn a bishop in flight
• Remembering exile
• Epilogue.

Author/Creator:

Barry, Jennifer, 1982- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Bishops in flight: exile and displacement in late antiquity [by Barry, J.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Bishops in flight [by Barry, J.] (Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019] — ISBN 9780520300378; LCCN 2018047795)

Subjects:

Athanasius, Saint, Patriarch of Alexandria, -373

John Chrysostom, Saint, -407

Bishops — Rome — History — Early church, ca. 30-600

Persecution — History — Early church, ca. 30-600

Exiles — Rome — History

Exile (Punishment) — Rome

30-600

Persecution — Early church

Persecution

Exiles

Exile (Punishment)

Bishops

Rome (Empire)

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

BR1604.23 .B377 2019eb

ISBNs:

0520971809
9780520971806 (electronic bk.)
9780520300378 (pbk., alk. paper) [Invalid]
0520300378
9780520300378

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2019012027

OCLC Numbers:

1089874420