Identity, Psychology, and the Psychici: Tertullian's "Bishop of Bishops"

In his treatise De pudicitia ("On Modesty"), the early Christian writer Tertullian contrasts the "church of the spirit" with the "church of the bishops" and attacks a certain "Pontifex Maximus, the bishop of bishops." The identity of this "bishop of bisho...

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Main Author: Wilhite, David E. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] [2009]
In: Interdisciplinary journal of research on religion
Year: 2009, Volume: 5, Pages: 1-26
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