The Invention of Peter: Apostolic Discourse and Papal Authority in Late Antiquity

The Invention of Peter: Apostolic Discourse and Papal Authority in Late Antiquity
ISBN-10
0812245172
ISBN-13
9780812245172
Category
Religion
Pages
273
Language
English
Published
2013-06-26
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Author
George E. Demacopoulos

Description

By emphasizing the ways the Bishops of Rome first leveraged the cult of St. Peter to their advantage, George E. Demacopoulos constructs an alternate account of papal history that challenges the dominant narrative of an inevitable and unbroken rise in papal power from late antiquity through the Middle Ages.

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