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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Theodosius"”.
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Theodoret of Cyrus and the ideal monarch
… a veiled criticism of the reigning monarch, Theodosius the Younger. Theodoret offered King David as an exemplar of the ideal Christian monarch for all monarchs, especially Theodosius, to follow. A brief survey of the historical situation within which Theodoret found himself reveals a weak …
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Religion and Rhetoric at the Courts of the Theodosians, c. 379-404 A.D.
… this period: in the Greek East, at the court of Theodosius I in Constantinople, the Aristotelian philosopher and rhetor, Themistius; in the Latin West, the poet Claudian, who delivered a number of orations in the form of epic poems at the court of Honorius, and the boy-emperor’s de facto regent …
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Fifth-Century Views of Conversion: A Comparison of Conversion Narratives in the Church Histories of Sozomen and Socrates Scholasticus
… covered the same period, from Constantine to Theodosius II. Sozomen wrote his history after Socrates' and although it tells many of the same stories, some striking dissimilarities can be identified. One way thatSozomen's history differs from Socrates' is in the author's view of conversion from …
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'The truth is bitter' : Socrates Scholasticus and the writing of a history of the Christian Roman empire
… during the reign of the pious emperor Theodosius II, I argue that Socrates was neither complacent nor, in any straightforward manner, confident in the upward trajectory of human history or the progress of Christian religion. This thesis presents, then, a new reading of Socrates, not as …
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Historical Distance and Difference in the Twelfth-Century Middle High German Kaiserchronik
… the narrative material up until Constantine and Theodosius. The aim here is not to device a teleological salvation historical trajectory but to negotiate the qualitative change of religious identity in the conceptually unchanged Roman Empire. This means that Christianity even after its assertion …
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Claudius Claudianus tükre
A Kr. u. 4. század fordulóján alkotó költő, Claudius Claudianus egyik (latin nyelven, hexameterekben megírt) panegyricusának ‒ mellyel Honorius császár negyedik consulságát dicsőítette Kr. u. 398-ban ‒ egy terjedelmes szakasza különleges, minthogy önállóan értelmezve verses fiktív császártükörnek, …
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The First Pontiff: Pope Damasus I and the Expansion of the Roman Primacy
<p>This purpose of this thesis is to examine the extent of the agency Pope Damasus I demonstrated in the expansion of papal primacy and exaltation of the Roman See. Damasus reigned as bishop of Rome from A.D. 366 until 384. To answer this question, the research for this thesis focuses on …
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"De fide orthodoxa" and Gregory of Elvira's trinitarian vision.
The narratives of fourth-century Trinitarian controversies have undergone significant revision in recent decades. Consequently, the work and writings of "secondary" theologians from the period have come under greater scrutiny, and their contributions have become woven into the theological tapestry …