Bishops in Flight: Exile and Displacement in Late Antiquity

by Jennifer Barry

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Flight during times of persecution has a long and fraught history in early Christianity. In the third century, bishops who fled were considered cowards or, worse yet, heretics. On the face, flight meant denial of Christ and thus betrayal of faith and community. But by the fourth century, the terms of persecution changed as Christianity became the favored cult of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520300378
• ISBN13: 9780520300378
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"