Voting about God in Early Church Councils

by Ramsay MacMullen

Book Overview

In this study, Ramsay MacMullen steps aside from the well-worn path that previous scholars have trod to explore exactly how early Christian doctrines became official. Drawing on extensive verbatim stenographic records, he analyzes the ecumenical councils from A.D. 325 to 553, in which participants gave authority to doctrinal choices by majority vote.

The author investigates the sometimes astonishing bloodshed and violence that marked the background...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300115962
• ISBN13: 9780300115963
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"