Church and State in Early Christianity
Fr. Hugo Rahner, a renowned church historian, presents for the first time in English a very clear and readable study of the relationship of the Church and State during the first eight centuries. From being persecuted, to tolerated, to being mandated as the Empire's official religion, the Church encountered, during those early centuries, in principle all the forms of the Church-State relationship she could face in the future. With unsurpassed knowledge of the historical sources, Rahner brings to light what the Church herself through the bishops, the Pope, and the great theologians came to understand as the proper relationship between the spiritual society of the Church and the temporal society of the State.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0898703778
ISBN13:9780898703771
Release Date:April 2006
Publisher:Ignatius Press
Length:308 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.2" x 8.0"
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Church and State relations in early Christianity
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This is a great book for understanding the relations between the nascent Christian religion, and the ancient world in which it emerged. Fr. Rahner does a great job of painting a picture of the alternating shifts of power between a Church and rulers which alternated in strength. He quotes at length from primary sources and leaves the reader with an understanding as to the strengths and weaknesses of different Church/state dynamics. This is particularly an interesting read as we reflect on our own culture's approach to Church and state relations.
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