| Philostorgius: Church History Contributor(s): Philostorgius (Author), Amidon, Philip R. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1589832159 ISBN-13: 9781589832152 Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature OUR PRICE: $35.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History - Religion | Christian Church - History - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 270.2 |
| LCCN: 2007035239 |
| Series: Writings from the Greco-Roman World |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.76" W x 8.5" (1.03 lbs) 312 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Philostorgius (born 368 C.E.) was a member of the Eunomian sect of Christianity, a nonconformist faction deeply opposed to the form of Christianity adopted by the Roman government as the official religion of its empire. He wrote his twelve-book Church History, the critical edition of the surviving remnants of which is presented here in English translation, at the beginning of the fifth century as a revisionist history of the church and the empire in the fourth and early-fifth centuries. Sometimes contradicting and often supplementing what is found in other histories of the period, Christian or otherwise, it offers a rare dissenting picture of the Christian world of the time. |