The Making of a Christian Empire: Lactantius and Rome
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (793 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0801477875 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Elizabeth DePalma Digeser is Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the author of The Making of a Christian Empire: Lactantius and Rome and A Threat to Public Piety: Christians, Platonists, and the Great Persecution.
Brett Stortroen said A well researched and documented work dealing with a defining moment in world history. The influence of the Christian scholar Lactantius upon the royal courts under Diocletian and Constantine cannot be understated. The debates and interaction between the Neoplatonist Porphyry and Lactantius were very enlightening. In "A well researched and documented work dealing with a defining moment in world history" according to Brett Stortroen. The influence of the Christian scholar Lactantius upon the royal courts under Diocletian and Constantine cannot be understated. The debates and interaction between the Neoplatonist Porphyry and Lactantius were very enlightening. In 212 C.E Caracalla began the process of merging the empire into a unified legal and religious state. Subsequent emperor's in the third century built upon this movement which reached its apex under Diocletian and culminated in the greatest persecution of Christians in history. This book was very useful for my ow. 1"A well researched and documented work dealing with a defining moment in world history" according to Brett Stortroen. The influence of the Christian scholar Lactantius upon the royal courts under Diocletian and Constantine cannot be understated. The debates and interaction between the Neoplatonist Porphyry and Lactantius were very enlightening. In 212 C.E Caracalla began the process of merging the empire into a unified legal and religious state. Subsequent emperor's in the third century built upon this movement which reached its apex under Diocletian and culminated in the greatest persecution of Christians in history. This book was very useful for my ow. C.E Caracalla began the process of merging the empire into a unified legal and religious state. Subsequent emperor's in the third century built upon this movement which reached its apex under Diocletian and culminated in the greatest persecution of Christians in history. This book was very useful for my ow
Elizabeth DePalma Digeser shows how Lactantius' Divine Institutesseditious in its timeresponded to the emperor Diocletian's persecution and then became an important influence on Constantine the Great, Rome's first Christian emperor.The Making of a Christian Empire is the first full-length book to interpret the Divine Institutes as a historical source. For Digeser, Lactantius' writings justify Constantine's own attitude of tolerance toward pagans and casts light upon other puzzling features of Constantine's religious policy. Her book contributes importantly to an understanding of the political and religious tensions of the early fourth century.. Exploring Lactantius' use of theology, philosophy, and rhetorical techniques, Digeser perceives the Div
McCready, Queen's University. Mullins, University of North Carolina. Grant, University of Chicago Divinity School . Even though this work will appeal mostly to those interested in historical and theological developments of this period, Digeser has done all she can, especially through her thorough discussions of bibliography, to make it accessible to the widest possible audience. Tilley, University of Dayton. "To write a book like the present one, an author must be willing to believe that ideas make historyperhaps, indeed, that nothing changes history so much as an idea."M. Edwards, Oxford University. Odahl, Boise State University. 69, No. Theological Studies, December 2000"The Making of a Christian Empire is original, challenging, and persuasive. The Catholic Historical Review, July 2001"This book is a first-class piece of historical scholarship, one with something to say to the specialist but fully accessible to the more generally informed reader as well."William D. Historians of