Constantinian Influence upon Julian's Pagan Church
Constantine's endorsement of and support for the Church left their marks in certain areas. His nephew Julian reacted against state-supported Christianity and promoted his own unique version of state-supported paganism. Previous scholarship had identified this as a ‘pagan Church’ co-opting featu...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2017]
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The journal of ecclesiastical history
Year: 2017, Volume: 68, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-21 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Julian, Römisches Reich, Kaiser 331-363
/ Paganism
/ Restorations, Political
/ Christianity
/ Influence
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BE Greco-Roman religions KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity SA Church law; state-church law |
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| Summary: | Constantine's endorsement of and support for the Church left their marks in certain areas. His nephew Julian reacted against state-supported Christianity and promoted his own unique version of state-supported paganism. Previous scholarship had identified this as a ‘pagan Church’ co-opting features from Christianity, but this view has recently been challenged. This article argues that the traditional understanding of a ‘pagan Church’ is correct, and that it drew specifically upon some features of the Constantinian Church in the areas of theological content, leadership and symbols. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-7637 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0022046916000609 |