The Devil is in the Detail: The Origins of Heresies in Socrates's ‘Historia Ecclesiastica’

A broad consensus exists among modern scholars that the role of the devil in Socrates's ‘Historia Ecclesastica’ is limited and that he explains the origins of religious controversy in terms of human causation. This paper argues that the modern consensus requires revision based on the devil'...

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Main Author: Young-Evans, G. I. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2016]
In: The journal of ecclesiastical history
Year: 2016, Volume: 67, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-22
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Socrates, Scholasticus 380-440, Historia ecclesiastica / Manichaeism / Heresy / Devil
RelBib Classification:BF Gnosticism
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
NBH Angelology; demonology
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