Possidius of Calama : a study of the North African episcopate at the time of Augustine /
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| Author / Creator: | Hermanowicz, Erika T. author |
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. |
| Description: | xii, 254 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Oxford early Christian studies Oxford early Christian studies. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7186029 |
| Summary: | Possidius, the bishop of Calama, was a life-long friend of St. Augustine's and best known for writing a biography of the bishop of Hippo, the Vita Augustini. Hermanowicz analyzes both the biography and the legally-oriented career of Possidius to illustrate how active Augustine's colleagues were in soliciting imperial support against their religious competitors and to show just how often Augustine's close friends disagreed with him on important matters of law, coercion and diplomacy. It is still widely asserted by scholars that St. Augustine dominated the theological landscape of North Africa, but this engaging study demonstrates how often he was, in fact, singular and isolated in his beliefs. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 254 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-250) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199236350 0199236356 |