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Author Farag, Mary, 1985- author.

Title What makes a church sacred? : legal and ritual perspectives from late antiquity / Mary K. Farag.

Publication Info. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]
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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Transformation of the classical heritage ; 63
Transformation of the classical heritage ; 63.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Res sacrae -- Protected places -- Protecting places -- Dedications -- Consecrations -- Anniversaries -- Conclusion -- Appendix A : the sources of Justinian's Institutes 2.1.pr-10 -- Appendix B : chronological list of Roman legislation on ecclesial property -- Appendix C : chronological list of ecclesiastical canons on ecclesial property -- Appendix D : Late Antique lections for the consecratory ritual.
Summary "If churches belong to no one, what is their purpose? Mary K. Farag persuasively demonstrates that three interest groups cared about this question in late antiquity: law-makers, Christian leaders, and wealthy lay-persons. Most of the time, their answers co-existed, sitting side-by-side like tectonic plates. Yet the plates did not always sit still, and it is events on their colliding boundaries that account for familiar Christian controversies in novel ways. What Makes a Church Sacred? argues that scholarship misunderstands well-known religious figures by ignoring the legal issues they faced. In this seminal text, Farag nuances the scholarly conversations on sacred space, gift-giving, wealth, and poverty in the late antique Mediterranean world, making use not only of Latin and Greek sources, but also Coptic and Arabic evidence"-- Provided by publisher.
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Access Open Access EbpS
Subject Church property -- Law and legislation -- History.
Church property (Canon law)
Church property -- Law and legislation -- Rome.
Christianity and culture -- Rome.
Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Biens ecclésiastiques (Droit canonique)
Église -- Histoire -- ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Religion / Christian Church / History.
Religion / Christian Church / Canon & Ecclesiastical Law.
History / Ancient.
HISTORY / Ancient / General
Church property -- Law and legislation
Church property (Canon law)
Christianity and culture
Church history -- Primitive and early church
Rome (Empire)
Chronological Term 30-600
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History
Other Form: Print version: Farag, Mary, 1985- What makes a church sacred? Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021] 9780520382008 (DLC) 2021012584
ISBN 0520382013
9780520382015 (electronic bk.)
9780520382008 (paperback)
Standard No. AU@ 000069973237
AU@ 000069053739
AU@ 000075636097

 
    
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