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Religions of the Constantinian Empire (Hardcover)
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Religions of the Constantinian Empire (Hardcover)
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Religions of the Constantinian Empire provides a synoptic review of
Constantine's relation to all the cultic and theological traditions
of the Empire during the period from his seizure of power in the
west in 306 cE to the end of his reign as autocrat of both east and
west in 337 cE. Divided into three parts, the first considers the
efforts of Christians to construct their own philosophy, and their
own patterns of the philosophic life, in opposition to Platonism.
The second assembles evidence of survival, variation or decay in
religious practices which were never compulsory under Roman law.
The 'religious plurality' of the second section includes those
cults which are represented as demonic burlesques of the sacraments
by Firmicus Maternus. The third reviews the changes, both within
the church and in the public sphere, which were undeniably prompted
by the accession of a Christian monarch. In this section on
'Christian polyphony', Mark Edwards expertly moves on from this
deliberate petrifaction of Judaism to the profound shift in
relations between the church and the civic cult that followed the
Emperor's choice of a new divine protector. The material in the
first section will be most familiar to the historian of philosophy,
that of the second to the historian of religion, and that of the
third to the theologian. All three sections make reference to such
factors as the persecution under Diocletian, the so-called 'edict
of Milan', the subsequent legislation of Constantine, and the
summoning of the council of Nicaea. Edwards does not maintain,
however, that the religious and philosophical innovations of this
period were mere by-products of political revolution; indeed, he
often highlights that Christianity was more revolutionary in its
expectations than any sovereign could afford to be in his acts.This
authoritative study provides a comprehensive reference work for
those studying the ecclesiastical and theological developments and
controversies of the fourth century.
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