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050 0 0 _aBR180
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100 1 _aLeithart, Peter J.
245 1 0 _aDefending Constantine :
_bthe twilight of an empire and the dawn of Christendom /
_cPeter J. Leithart.
260 _aDowners Grove, Ill. :
_bIVP Academic,
_cc2010.
300 _a373 p. ;
_c23 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [343]-366) and indexes.
505 0 0 _tSanguinary edicts --
_tJupiter on the throne --
_tInstinctu divinitatus --
_tBy this sign --
_tLiberator ecclesiae --
_tEnd of sacrifice --
_tCommon bishop --
_tNicaea and after --
_tSeeds of evangelical law --
_tJustice for all --
_tOne God, one emperor --
_tPacifist church? --
_tChristian empire, Christian mission --
_tRome baptized.
520 _aLeithart reads the original ancient, the seminal secondary, and lots of other sources to contend that Constantine was a believer and a conciliator who sought theological agreement for the political stability it brought. Contra the influential interpretation of Anabaptist theologian John Howard Yoder, Leithart maintains that when Constantine is understood in historical context, his disestablishment of pagan religion opens a place for a Christian understanding of sacrifice and of the significance of the kingdom of God.--From publisher description
583 _aCataloguing:
_c20260805
_kgtanuigtanui
600 0 0 _aConstantine
_bI,
_cEmperor of Rome,
_d-337
_xInfluence.
650 0 _aChurch history
_yPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
651 0 _aRome
_xHistory
_yConstantine I, the Great, 306-337.
906 _a7
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999 _c22014
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