What Makes a Church Sacred? : Legal and Ritual Perspectives from Late Antiquity

What Makes a Church Sacred? Legal and Ritual Perspectives from Late Antiquity

What is the purpose of a church? Who owns a church? Mary K. Farag persuasively demonstrates that three groups in late antiquity were concerned with these questions: Christian leaders, wealthy laypersons, and lawmakers. Conflicting answers usually coexisted, but from time to time they clashed and cau...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Farag, Mary K. author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [s.l.] : University of California Press 2021.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Transformation of the Classical Heritage
Materias:
Religion / Christian Church / History
Religion / Christian Church / Canon & Ecclesiastical Law
History / Ancient
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Part I The Legal Making of Res Sacrae
  • 1 Res Sacrae
  • 2 Protected Places
  • 3. Protecting Places
  • Part II. The Ritual Making of Res Sacrae
  • 4 Dedications
  • 5 Consecrations
  • 6 Anniversaries
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A. The Sources of Justinian's Institutes 2.1.pr-10
  • Appendix B. Chronological List of Roman Legislation on Ecclesial Property
  • Appendix C. Chronological List of Ecclesiastical Canons on Ecclesial Property
  • Appendix D. Late Antique Lections for the Consecratory Ritual
  • NOTES
  • Bibliography
  • Index LOCORUM
  • GENERAL INDEX

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