George E Demacopoulos

The Invention of Peter

Apostolic Discourse and Papal Authority in Late Antiquity

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Produktbeschreibung

George E. Demacopoulos is Professor of Theology and Fr. John Meyendorff and Patterson Family Chair of Orthodox Christian Studies at Fordham University. He is also author of Five Models of Spiritual Direction in the Early Church.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780812223699
• ISBN-10: 0812223691
• Artikelnr.: 44826497

Autorenporträt

George E. Demacopoulos is Professor of Theology and Fr. John Meyendorff and Patterson Family Chair of Orthodox Christian Studies at Fordham University. He is also author of Five Models of Spiritual Direction in the Early Church.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1. Petrine Legends, External Recognition, and the Cult of Peter in
Rome
Chapter 2. The Many Faces of Leo's Peter
Chapter 3. Gelasius' Domestic Problems and International Posture
Chapter 4. The Petrine Discourse in Theoderic's Italy and Justinian's
Empire
Chapter 5. Restraint and Desperation in Gregory the Great's Petrine Appeal
Postscript: The Life of St. Gregory of Agrigentum as a Seventh-Century
Petrine Critique of the Papacy
Conclusion: The Invention of Peter
Appendices (translations by Matthew Briel)
I: Pope Gelasius to Augustus Anastasius
II: Tract VI
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments