TY  - BOOK
AU  - MacMullen,Ramsay
TI  - Voting about God in early church councils
SN  - 9780300135299 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BV710 .M28 2006eb
U1  - 262/.514 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Councils and synods
KW  - Church history
KW  - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
KW  - God (Christianity)
KW  - History of doctrines
KW  - Early church, ca. 30-600
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christian Theology
KW  - Ecclesiology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Algemene concilies
KW  - gtt
KW  - Bisschoppen
KW  - რელიგია--
KW  - რელიგიის ისტორია
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-166) and index; Introduction -- The democratic element -- The cognitive element -- The 'supernaturalist' element -- The violent element -- Preliminaries -- Councils in action -- The stage -- Dioscorus -- Management -- Exact words
N2  - 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 to church council proceedings, and from there goes on to describe the planning and staging of councils, the emperors' role, the routines of debate, the participants' understanding of the issues, and their views on God's intervention in their activities. He concludes with a look at the significance of the councils and their doctrinal decisions within the history of Christendom
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