Overview
J. H. W. G. Liebeschuetz compares the personalities and the respective careers of two of the greatest of the early Christian Fathers, Ambrose and John Chrysostom. While the statesmanlike Ambrose ended his life as a pillar of the Western establishment, Chrysostom, the outspoken idealist, died in exile. However, their views and ideals were remarakably similar: both bishops were concerned with the social role of the Church, both were determined opponents of what they called the Arian heresy, and each attracted a dedicated following among his urban congregation. This similarity, Liebeschuetz argues, was due not to the influence of one on the other, but was a consequence of their participation in a Christian culture which spanned the divide between the Eastern (later Byzantine) and Western parts of the Roman Empire. The monastic movement figures throughout the book as an important influence on both men and as perhaps the most dynamic development in the Christian culture of the fourth century.
Full Product Details
Author: J. H. W. G. Liebeschuetz (Professor Emeritus, University of Nottingham)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 14.20cm
, Height: 4.20cm
, Length: 22.10cm
Weight: 0.530kg
ISBN: 9780199596645
ISBN 10: 0199596646
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 24 March 2011
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
The book brings together the biographies of an outstanding Roman and an outstanding Greek, making up a comparative composition, a specific syncrisis in which the author compares the protagonists. Finally, it has once again been proved that the composition concept known since ancient times, so brilliantly implemented by Plutarch, can be an attractive model to be copied even in modern scholarly writing. * Przemyslaw Nehring, Eos * This book contributes to current scholarship on bishops in Late Antiquity. L. convincingly argues that these two famous Church Fathers were products of their times in their asceticism, their advice for laypeople, and their complex relationships with imperial authorities. * Jaclyn Maxwell, Journal of Roman Studies *
This book contributes to current scholarship on bishops in Late Antiquity. L. convincingly argues that these two famous Church Fathers were products of their times in their asceticism, their advice for laypeople, and their complex relationships with imperial authorities. Jaclyn Maxwell, Journal of Roman Studies The book brings together the biographies of an outstanding Roman and an outstanding Greek, making up a comparative composition, a specific syncrisis in which the author compares the protagonists. Finally, it has once again been proved that the composition concept known since ancient times, so brilliantly implemented by Plutarch, can be an attractive model to be copied even in modern scholarly writing. Przemyslaw Nehring, Eos
This book contributes to current scholarship on bishops in Late Antiquity. L. convincingly argues that these two famous Church Fathers were products of their times in their asceticism, their advice for laypeople, and their complex relationships with imperial authorities. Jaclyn Maxwell, Journal of Roman Studies
Author Information
J. H. W. G. Liebeschuetz is Professor Emeritus, University of Nottingham.
