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Voting About God in Early Church Councils
Ramsay MacMullen
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| #452582 in Books | 2006-10-10 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.21 x.46 x6.14l,.94 | File type: PDF | 192 pages||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Great book with lots of material presented|By Ray L. Bieber|This is an excellent book that covers much of the ancillary societal environment surrounding the means by which members of the church hierarchy decided doctrinal issues at the time the Nicene Creed(s) were formulated (and fought over) . I would have given the book 5-stars, but the authors writing style is awkward and t||
"Ramsay MacMullen has written another provocative and highly original book. He shows how Christian doctrine came to be decided by the democratic votes of bishops, and how the passions that this aroused all too often led to actual violence."—Averil C
In this study, Ramsay MacMullen steps aside from the well-worn path that previous scholars have trod to explore exactly how early Christian doctrines became official. Drawing on extensive verbatim stenographic records, he analyzes the ecumenical councils from A.D. 325 to 553, in which participants gave authority to doctrinal choices by majority vote.
The author investigates the sometimes astonishing bloodshed and violence that marked the background to church ...
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