Heirs of Roman persecution : : studies on a Christian and para-Christian discourse in late antiquity / / edited by Éric Fournier and Wendy Mayer.
"The subject of this book is the discourse of persecution used by Christians in Late Antiquity (c. 300-700 CE). Through a series of detailed case studies covering the full chronological and geographical span of the period, it investigates how the conversion of the Roman Empire to Christianity c...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Abingdon, Oxon ;, New York : : Routledge,, 2020. |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (363 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Contributors; Chapter 1 The Christian discourse of persecution in Late Antiquity: An introduction; Persecutions of and between Christians: Changing definitions of a phenomenon; The present volume; Notes; Bibliography; Part I The later Roman Empire of the fourth and fifth centuries; Chapter 2 Breaking the apocalyptic frame: Persecution and the rise of Constantine; The apocalyptic frame; The legality of Christian assembly in the late third century
- Diocletian's backlash against urban ChristianityConstantine's weakness and need for urban patronage; Significance; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 3 Begrudging the honor: Julian and Christian martyrdom; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 4 A misunderstood emperor?: Valens as a persecuting ruler in late antique literature; Introduction; In his brother's shadow; Valens and traditional imperial policies; Tyrants and persecutors; The topos of a misled ruler; Basil of Caesarea and Valens; New Julian and friend of pagans; Adrianople and divine vengeance; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography
- Chapter 5 Theologies under persecution: Gregory of Nazianzus and the Syntagmation of AetiusFraming the Syntagmation: Context and Aetius's preface; Gregory's Or. 29 on the Neo-Arian logos eisagogikos: A reassessment; Aetius and Gregory on their persecutors: Polemic in perspective; To bind and loose; Conclusion: Gregory's audience and the legacy of the Syntagmation; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 6 For their own good: Augustine and the rhetoric of beneficial persecution; Donatism and the power of persecution; The quality of forensic rhetoric; Epistula 185 and the issue of quality
- The role of scriptural exemplaConclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 7 In the footsteps of the Apostles of Light: Persecution and the Manichaean discourse of suffering; Introduction; Manichaeans and their claims on Christian heritage; Roman legislation against Manichaeans; Trials and tribulations: The Manichaean discourse of suffering; Religious maltreatment in the Kellis papyri; Conclusion; Abbreviations and translations; Notes; Bibliography; Part II Post-Roman kingdoms of the Western Mediterranean (fifth to seventh centuries)
- Chapter 8 "To collect gold from hidden caves": Victor of Vita and the Vandal "persecution" of heretical barbarians in late antique North AfricaRhetorical devices; Intertextuality; Evidence of persecution; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 9 "You have made common cause with their persecutors": Gelasius, the language of persecution, and the Acacian Schism; The language of persecution in the letters of Gelasius and his predecessors; Audience and context; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 10 Everyone but the kings: The rhetoric of (non-)persecution in Gregory of Tours' Histories