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4. Ascetic Authority

  • Claudia Rapp
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Holy Bishops in Late Antiquity
This chapter is in the book Holy Bishops in Late Antiquity
© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS ix
  3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
  4. Part One
  5. 1. The Nature of Leadership in Late Antiquity 3
  6. 2. Pragmatic Authority 23
  7. 3. Spiritual Authority 56
  8. 4. Ascetic Authority 100
  9. Part Two
  10. 5. Bishops in Action 155
  11. 6. Social Contexts 172
  12. 7. Cities 208
  13. 8. Empire 235
  14. 9. The Bishop as a New Urban Functionary 274
  15. Epilogue 290
  16. BIBLIOGRAPHY 303
  17. INDEX 339
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520931411-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS ix
  3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
  4. Part One
  5. 1. The Nature of Leadership in Late Antiquity 3
  6. 2. Pragmatic Authority 23
  7. 3. Spiritual Authority 56
  8. 4. Ascetic Authority 100
  9. Part Two
  10. 5. Bishops in Action 155
  11. 6. Social Contexts 172
  12. 7. Cities 208
  13. 8. Empire 235
  14. 9. The Bishop as a New Urban Functionary 274
  15. Epilogue 290
  16. BIBLIOGRAPHY 303
  17. INDEX 339
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