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At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit[www.luminosoa.org](http://www.luminosoa.org)to learn more.Flight during times of persecution has a long and fraught history in early Christianity. In the third century, bishops who fled were considered cowards or, worse yet, heretics. On the face, flight meant denial of Christ and thus betrayal of faith and community. But by the fourth century, the terms of persecution changed as Christianity became the favored cult of the Roman Empire. Prominent Christians who fled and survived became founders and influencers of Christianity over time. __Bishops in Flight__ examines the various ways these episcopal leaders both appealed to and altered the discourse of Christian flight to defend their status as purveyors of Christian truth, even when their exiles appeared to condemn them. Their stories illuminate how profoundly Christian authors deployed theological discourse and the rhetoric of heresy to respond to the phenomenal political instability of the fourth and fifth centuries.

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Author

Jennifer Barry; University of Mary Washington, US

Publisher

University of California Press

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780520300378

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Religion, Christian