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Author Corke-Webster, James, author

Title Eusebius and empire : constructing church and Rome in the ecclesiastical history / James Corke-Webster
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019
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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 346 pages)
Contents Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I; Chapter 1 Eusebius, of Caesarea; Chapter 2 The Ecclesiastical History; Part II; Chapter 3 Christian Intellectuals; Chapter 4 Christian Ascetics; Chapter 5 Christian Families; Chapter 6 Christian Martyrs; Part III; Chapter 7 The Church; Chapter 8 The Church and Rome; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Summary Eusebius' 'Ecclesiastical History', written in the early fourth century, continues to serve as our primary gateway to a crucial three hundred year period: the rise of early Christianity under the Roman Empire. James Corke-Webster undertakes the first systematic study considering the History in the light of its fourth-century circumstances as well as its author's personal history, intellectual commitments, and literary abilities. He argues that the 'Ecclesiastical History' is not simply an attempt to record the past history of Christianity, but a sophisticated mission statement that uses events and individuals from that past to mould a new vision of Christianity tailored to Eusebius' fourth-century context. He presents elite Graeco-Roman Christians with a picture of their faith that smooths off its rough edges and misrepresents its size, extent, nature, and relationship to Rome. Ultimately, Eusebius suggests that Christianity was - and always had been - the Empire's natural heir
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 15, 2019)
Subject Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 260-approximately 340. Ecclesiastical history.
SUBJECT Ecclesiastical history (Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea) fast
Subject Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Christianity -- History.
Church history -- Primitive and early church
Form Electronic book
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