Douglas W Lumsden

And Then the End Will Come

Early Latin Christian Interpretations of the Opening of the Seven Seals

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Produktbeschreibung

This work examines a centuries-long intellectual tradition in the early Latin church linking the imagery associated with the opening of the Seven Seals of the Apocalypse with programs of ecclesiastical expansion and ascetic reform.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 126
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 158mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9780415929615
• ISBN-10: 041592961X
• Artikelnr.: 21812846

Autorenporträt

Douglas Lunsden is an Assistant Professor at Benedictine College.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents: Preface Acknowledgments 1. External Expansion, Internal
Reform: The Sealed Book 2. Establishing a Tradition:
Victorinus/Tyconius/Jerome 3. Sixth-Century-Synthesis: Primasius 4. From
the Periphery: Bede 5. The Carolingian Mystic: Ambrosius Autpertus 6. The
Spanish Bishop: Beatus of Liebana 7. The Monk Militant: Haimo of Auzerre
Epilogue: Church Triumphant: The Book Unsealed Bibliography Index