Bishops in Flight Exile and Displacement in Late Antiquity

Flight during times of persecution has a long and fraught history in early Christianity. In the third century, bishops who fled were cowards or, worse yet, heretics. On the face of it, it meant denial of Christ and thus betrayal of the faith and its community. But, by the fourth century, the terms o...

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Main Author:	Barry, Jennifer (auth)
Format:	Electronic Book Chapter
Language:	English
Published:	Oakland University of California Press 2019
Subjects:	History Religion & beliefs Exile Christian Flight Displacement Athanasius of Alexandria John Chrysostom Eusebius of Nicomedia Meletius of Antioch Ecclesiastical Historians Orthodoxy and Heresy Nicene Controversy
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