Christian Persecution, Martyrdom, and Orthodoxy

Christian Persecution, Martyrdom, and Orthodoxy

ISBN-10:
0199278121
ISBN-13:
9780199278121
Pub. Date:
11/23/2006
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0199278121
ISBN-13:
9780199278121
Pub. Date:
11/23/2006
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Christian Persecution, Martyrdom, and Orthodoxy

Christian Persecution, Martyrdom, and Orthodoxy

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Overview

This volume brings together seven seminal papers by the great radical historian Geoffrey de Ste. Croix, who died in 2000, on early Christian topics, with a special focus on persecution and martyrdom. Christian martyrdom is a topic which conjures up ready images of inhumane persecutors confronted by Christian heroes who perish for the instant but win the long-term battle for reputation. In five of these essays Ste. Croix scrutinizes the evidence to reveal the significant role of Christians themselves, first as volunteer martyrs and later, after the triumph of Christianity in the early fourth century, as organizers of much more effective persecutions. A sixth essay pursues the question of the control of Christianity through a comprehensive study of the context for one of the Church's most important and divisive doctrinal decisions, at the Council of Chalcedon (AD 451); the key role of the emperor and his senior secular officials is revealed, contrary to the prevailing interpretation of Church historians. Finally the attitudes of the early Church towards property and slavery are reviewed, to show the divide between the Gospel message and actual practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780199278121
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 11/23/2006
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 416
Product dimensions: 8.53(w) x 6.60(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Geoffrey de Ste. Croix was Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History at New College, Oxford from 1953 until 1977. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1972. He published Origins of the Peloponnesian War in 1972 and The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World in 1981; the latter book was translated into Spanish and Greek, and won the Isaac Deutscher Memorial prize for 1982.

Table of Contents

Introduction. Ste. Croix on Persecution, Joseph Streeter1. Aspects of the ‘Great' Persecution2. The Fourth Edict in the West and the Date of the Council of Elvira3. Why Were the Early Christians Persecuted? 4. Voluntary Martyrdom and the Early Church5. Heresy, Schism, and Persecution in the Later Roman Empire6. The Council of Chalcedon, G. E. M. de Ste. Croix and Michael Whitby7. Early Christian Attitudes to Property and Slavery
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