At various times over the past millennium bishops of Rome have
claimed a universal primacy of jurisdiction over all Christians and
a superiority over civil authority. Reactions to these claims have
shaped the modern world profoundly. Did the Roman bishop make such
claims in the millennium prior to that? The essays in this volume
from international experts in the field examine the bishop of Rome
in late antiquity from the time of Constantine at the start of the
fourth century to the death of Gregory the Great at the beginning
of the seventh. These were important periods as Christianity
underwent enormous transformation in a time of change. The essays
concentrate on how the holders of the office perceived and
exercised their episcopal responsibilities and prerogatives within
the city or in relation to both civic administration and other
churches in other areas, particularly as revealed through the
surviving correspondence. With several of the contributors
examining the same evidence from different perspectives, this
volume canvasses a wide range of opinions about the nature of papal
power in the world of late antiquity.
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