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Cover 1 Title Page 9 Copyright Page 10 Table of Contents 11 Acknowledgments 13 Introduction 15 Part One. Points of Departure: Theology and Christian Leadership in the Third-Century Church 25 1. Christian Leadership and the Challenge of Theology 29 2. “Not in the Spirit of Controversy”: Truth, Leadership, and Solidarity 37 Part Two. God in Dispute: Devotion and Truth, A.D. 318–325 45 3. Precision, Devotion, and Controversy in Alexandria 49 4. Making the People a Partner to the Dispute 61 5. “For the Sake of the Logos”: Spreading the Controversy 80 6. “To Please the Overseer of All”: The Emperor’s Involvement and the Politicization of Theology 92 Part Three. Defining God: Truth and Power, A.D. 325–361 109 7. Claiming Truth, Projecting Power, A.D. 325–337 113 8. The Challenge of Theology and Power in Action: Bishops, Cities, and Empire, A.D. 337–361 139 Conclusion 167 Appendix 175 Bishops Investigated or Deposed for Doctrinal Reasons before the Arian Controversy 175 Compromise and Solidarity in Doctrinal Controversy in the Early Church 177 The Workshops of Alexandria 177 Kolluthus’s Schism and the Arians 178 The Recall of Arius and the Bithynian Bishops 179 The Arian Community of Alex

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Galvão-Sobrinho, Carlos R.

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