The Invention of Peter : : Apostolic Discourse and Papal Authority in Late Antiquity / / George E. Demacopoulos.
On the first anniversary of his election to the papacy, Leo the Great stood before the assembly of bishops convening in Rome and forcefully asserted his privileged position as the heir of Peter the Apostle. This declaration marked the beginning of a powerful tradition: the Bishop of Rome would hence...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2013] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Petrine Legends, External Recognition, and the Cult of Peter in Rome
- Chapter 2. The Many Faces of Leo's Peter
- Chapter 3. Gelasius' Domestic Problems and International Posture
- Chapter 4. The Petrine Discourse in Theoderic's Italy and Justinian's Empire
- Chapter 5. Restraint and Desperation in Gregory the Great's Petrine Appeal
- Postscript: The Life of St. Gregory of Agrigentum as a Seventh-Century Petrine Critique of the Papacy
- Conclusion: The Invention of Peter
- Appendix I. Pope Gelasius to Augustus Anastasius
- Appendix II. Tract VI
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments