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The Acts of the Lateran Synod of 649 (Translated Texts for Historians)
Richard Price
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Description for The Acts of the Lateran Synod of 649 (Translated Texts for Historians)
Hardcover. This is the first translation of the Acts of the Lateran Synod of 649 into any modern language, and the first with a commentary. The synod was a major event in ecclesiastical history, representing the boldest challenge to imperial authority by churchmen that late antiquity had seen. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 476 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 158 x 31. Weight in Grams: 708.
The Lateran Synod of 649 was a major event in the ‘monothelete’ controversy of the seventh century over ‘wills’ and ‘operations’ in Christ. It represented a determined attempt by the papacy to frustrate and reverse the ecclesiastical policy of the emperor and patriarch at Constantinople. It represented the boldest challenge to imperial authority by churchmen that late antiquity had seen. The theology adopted by the synod and its expression in a series of speeches was the work of a team of Greek monks under the leadership of St Maximus the Confessor. This translation will add to the still limited body ... Read more
The Lateran Synod of 649 was a major event in the ‘monothelete’ controversy of the seventh century over ‘wills’ and ‘operations’ in Christ. It represented a determined attempt by the papacy to frustrate and reverse the ecclesiastical policy of the emperor and patriarch at Constantinople. It represented the boldest challenge to imperial authority by churchmen that late antiquity had seen. The theology adopted by the synod and its expression in a series of speeches was the work of a team of Greek monks under the leadership of St Maximus the Confessor. This translation will add to the still limited body ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Condition
New
Series
Translated Texts for Historians
Number of Pages
476
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781380390
SKU
V9781781380390
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About Richard Price
Richard Price is Professor Emeritus of the History of Christianity, Heythrop College and Honorary Research Fellow, Royal Holloway, University of London. His many previous publications include The Acts of the Lateran Synod of 649 (with P. Booth & C. Cubitt, Liverpool 2014), The Acts of the Second Council of Nicaea (Liverpool 2018), The Council of Ephesus of 431 (with T. ... Read more
Reviews for The Acts of the Lateran Synod of 649 (Translated Texts for Historians)
Reviews 'The three authors of this instalment in the Translated Texts for Historians series - Richard Price, Phil Booth, and Catherine Cubitt - set out to provide a manual for the study of the Lateran synod of 649, the monoenergism and monotheletism that the synod addressed, and the decades of political and theological controversy that gave rise to these 'heresies'. ... Read more