Die Kirche Und Ihre Heiligen: Studien Zu Ekklesiologie Und Hagiographie in Der Spatantike [German]

by Peter Gemeinhardt

In the present volume, Peter Gemeinhardt investigates Christianity in late antiquity as an institution and as a community of saints. He focuses especially on structure and self-understanding of the Church in the 4th and 5th century and on the importance of martyrs even after the end of the persecutions, on the education of saints and on the Life of Antony and its author, Athanasius. While proper ecclesiological reflection is rare, it is hotly debated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: German
• ISBN: 3161527178
• ISBN13: 9783161527173
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"