The Imperial Cult and the Development of Church Order: Concepts and Images of Authority in Paganism and Early Christianity
The Imperial Cult and the Development of Church Order: Concepts and Images of Authority in Paganism and Early Christianity Before the Age of Cyprian By Allen Brent
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers 1999 | 369 Pages | ISBN: 9004114203 | PDF | 10 MB
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers 1999 | 369 Pages | ISBN: 9004114203 | PDF | 10 MB
Using a contra-cultural model of social interaction, this text examines the interaction between Pagan and early Christian constructions of social order focusing on the Imperial cult as it developed, together with shared metaphysical assumptions, pari passu with Church Order.