A01=J. Patout Burns Jr.
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African Bishops
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Author_J. Patout Burns Jr.
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Christian Church
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Cyprian's Church
Cyprian's Letters
Cyprian’s Church
Cyprian’s Letters
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Decian Persecution
Divine Wrath
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Follow
Held
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Penitent Sacrificers
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Proconsular Africa
Rebel Presbyters
Rebellious Clergy
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Rigorist Schism
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True Church
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Unworthy Bishop
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Product details
- ISBN 9780415238496
- Weight: 630g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 22 Nov 2001
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This is the first up-to-date, accessible study on the rule of Cyprian as the Bishop of Carthage in the 250s AD. It controversially shows that Cyprian radically enforced the primary emphasis on the unity of the church, interpreting loyalty in the community as fidelity to Christ.
It uses cultural anthropology to examine the impact of Cyprian's policy during the Decian persecution. Cyprian attempted to steer the middle ground between compromise and traditionalism and succeeded by defining the boundary between the empire and the church.
J. Patout Burns Jr. concentrates on social structures to reveal the logic of Cyprian's plan, the basis for its success in his time, and why it later failed. This book will be of great interest to classicists, ancient historians and sociologists as well as theologians.
J. Patout Burns Jr. is Edward A Malloy Professor of Catholic Studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School. He is the author of The Development of Augustine's Doctrine of Operative Grace, and the editor of Theological Anthropology.
