What makes a church sacred? : legal and ritual perspectives from late antiquity /
Farag, Mary, 1985-
What makes a church sacred? : legal and ritual perspectives from late antiquity / Mary K. Farag - Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021] - 1 online resource (346 p.). - Transformation of the classical heritage ; 63 . - Transformation of the classical heritage ; 63 .
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction -- Res sacrae -- Protected places -- Protecting places -- Dedications -- Consecrations -- Anniversaries -- Conclusion -- Appendix A : the sources of Justinian's Institutes 2.1.pr-10 -- Appendix B : chronological list of Roman legislation on ecclesial property -- Appendix C : chronological list of ecclesiastical canons on ecclesial property -- Appendix D : Late Antique lections for the consecratory ritual.
Open Access Electronic Book
"If churches belong to no one, what is their purpose? Mary K. Farag persuasively demonstrates that three interest groups cared about this question in late antiquity: law-makers, Christian leaders, and wealthy lay-persons. Most of the time, their answers co-existed, sitting side-by-side like tectonic plates. Yet the plates did not always sit still, and it is events on their colliding boundaries that account for familiar Christian controversies in novel ways. What Makes a Church Sacred? argues that scholarship misunderstands well-known religious figures by ignoring the legal issues they faced. In this seminal text, Farag nuances the scholarly conversations on sacred space, gift-giving, wealth, and poverty in the late antique Mediterranean world, making use not only of Latin and Greek sources, but also Coptic and Arabic evidence"--
Pristup: World Wide Web.
0520382013 9780520382015
22573/ctv2r97fmq JSTOR
Christianity and culture--Rome.
Kršćanstvo i kultura--Rim.
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Povijest crkve--Rano kršćanstvo, 30.-600.
Church property--Law and legislation--History.
Crkveno vlasništvo--Zakon--Povijest.
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What makes a church sacred? : legal and ritual perspectives from late antiquity / Mary K. Farag - Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021] - 1 online resource (346 p.). - Transformation of the classical heritage ; 63 . - Transformation of the classical heritage ; 63 .
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction -- Res sacrae -- Protected places -- Protecting places -- Dedications -- Consecrations -- Anniversaries -- Conclusion -- Appendix A : the sources of Justinian's Institutes 2.1.pr-10 -- Appendix B : chronological list of Roman legislation on ecclesial property -- Appendix C : chronological list of ecclesiastical canons on ecclesial property -- Appendix D : Late Antique lections for the consecratory ritual.
Open Access Electronic Book
"If churches belong to no one, what is their purpose? Mary K. Farag persuasively demonstrates that three interest groups cared about this question in late antiquity: law-makers, Christian leaders, and wealthy lay-persons. Most of the time, their answers co-existed, sitting side-by-side like tectonic plates. Yet the plates did not always sit still, and it is events on their colliding boundaries that account for familiar Christian controversies in novel ways. What Makes a Church Sacred? argues that scholarship misunderstands well-known religious figures by ignoring the legal issues they faced. In this seminal text, Farag nuances the scholarly conversations on sacred space, gift-giving, wealth, and poverty in the late antique Mediterranean world, making use not only of Latin and Greek sources, but also Coptic and Arabic evidence"--
Pristup: World Wide Web.
0520382013 9780520382015
22573/ctv2r97fmq JSTOR
Christianity and culture--Rome.
Kršćanstvo i kultura--Rim.
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Povijest crkve--Rano kršćanstvo, 30.-600.
Church property--Law and legislation--History.
Crkveno vlasništvo--Zakon--Povijest.
270.2