Church, Book, And Bishop: Conflict And Authority In Early Latin Christianity
- ISBN-10
- 0429981287
- ISBN-13
- 9780429981289
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 176
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-10-08
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Author
- Peter Iver Kaufman
Description
Kaufman offers vignettes drawn from the first seven centuries of Christian clerical life that reflect the struggle to devise management strategies for resolving theological, political, and social conflict. Most accounts of this period emphasize the conflict. This book tells the other side of the story: the work of reconciliation and the efforts of
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