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Patrology : the Eastern fathers from the Council of Chalcedon (451) to John of Damascus (+750) by Angelo Di Berardino, Adrian Walford, Andrew Louth is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The book covers an era in which pagan ideas still existed and in which the symbiosis between Empire and Church was so close as to make them seem almost one, with the Emperor in the East often playing a dominant role in religious matters, while in the West the authority of the emperors had faded, allowing the papacy to assume increasing authority. The domination of the East - reflected in the triumph of Greek over Latin as the language of administration - meant that Rome itself, and the Western provinces, were seen as rather provincial. The East faced different challenges most conspicuously the range of theological ideas. Nestorian and Monophysite doctrines had not been suppressed by the Council of Chalcedon. New disputes arose, and in particular differences over the value of imagery. In the seventh century Islam became a major threat to the Empire, while Islamic ideas also carried weight in religious matters. The Patrology is designed to follow the general approach taken by Quasten. The book is a fundamental work of reference, and makes a major contribution to patristic scholarship.

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Author

Angelo Di Berardino, Adrian Walford, Andrew Louth

Publisher

James Clarke and Co Ltd

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780227172650

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Christian, History, World History

Updated

2026-03-24