| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 333 pages) |
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Oxford early Christian studies |
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Oxford early Christian studies.
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| Contents |
The earliest church councils -- 'Council acts' and the variations of conciliar documentation and recording patterns -- The Conference of Carthage (AD 411) -- Examining the records -- Original acts and documents at Chalcedon (AD 451) -- 'Authentic' documents -- Assessing and performing authenticity -- All the president's men -- The stenographic protocol -- 'Transferring' shorthand notes to longhand transcript -- The Hypomnēmata -- Documents incorporated-incorporating documents -- Abstracting and summary records -- Collecting and appending signatures -- The structure and elements of the 'ideal' session-record and the role of 'editing' -- Council acts gathered and organized -- Ancillary documentation and the beginnings of dossierization -- The preparation of 'editions' and the dissemination of documentation |
| Summary |
"The present study examines the acts of ancient church councils as the objects of textual practices, in their editorial shaping and in their material conditions. The book analyses the purposes and expectations governing and inscribed into the use and creation of these acts. It traces the processes of their production, starting from the recording of spoken interventions during a meeting, to the preparation of minutes of individual sessions, to their collection into larger units, their storage, and the earliest attempts at their dissemination. It contends that the preparation of 'paperwork' is central to the work of a council, and much of its effectiveness resides in the relevant textual and bureaucratic processes. As council leaders and administrators paid careful attention to the creation of a 'proper' record suited to their requirements, they also scrutinized documents and records of previous occasions with equal attention and inspected document features meant to assure and project validity and authority. From the evidence of such examinations the study further reconstructs the textual and physical characteristics of ancient conciliar documents and the criteria of their assessment. Papyrological evidence and contemporary legal regulations are used to contextualize these efforts. The book seeks to demonstrate that scholarly attention to the production processes, character, and material conditions of council acts is essential to their understanding, and to any historical and theological research into the councils of the ancient church"--Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed on April 28, 2022) |
| Subject |
Councils and synods -- Documentation -- History -- To 1500
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Councils and synods, Ecumenical -- History -- To 1500
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Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
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Church history -- Primitive and early church
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Councils and synods
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191904691 |
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0191904694 |
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9780192638540 |
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0192638548 |
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9780192638557 |
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0192638556 |
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