religious violence in the Christian Roman EmpireGaddis, Michael1970-creatortextbibliographyElectronic books.cauBerkeley, CalifLondonUniversity of California Press2005monographiceng1 online resource (xiv, 396 pages).There is no crime for those who have Christ," claimed a fifth-century zealot, neatly expressing the belief of religious extremists that righteous zeal for God trumps worldly law. This book provides an in-depth and penetrating look at religious violence and the attitudes that drove it in the Christian Roman Empire of the fourth and fifth centuries, a unique period shaped by the marriage of Christian ideology and Roman imperial power.What has the emperor to do with the church?" : persecution and martyrdom from Diocletian to Constantine -- "The God of the martyrs refuses you" : religious violence, political discourse, and Christian identity in the century after Constantine -- An eye for an eye : religious violence in donatist Africa -- Temperata severitas : Augustine, the state, and disciplinary violence -- "There is no crime for those who have Christ" : holy men and holy violence in the late fourth and early fifth centuries -- "The monks commit many crimes" : holy violence contested -- "Sanctify thy hand by the blow" : problematizing Episcopal power -- Non iudicium sed latrocinium : of Holy Synods and robber councils.specializedMichael Gaddis."A Joan Palevsky Book in Classical Literature."Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Princeton University, 1999.Includes bibliographical references and index.PersecutionViolenceReligious aspectsChristianityChurch history4th centuryChurch history5th centuryMartyrdomChurch historyViolenceRELIGIONChristian ChurchHistoryRELIGIONChristianityHistoryHISTORYAncientGeneralChurch historyMartyrdomPersecutionViolenceReligious aspectsChristianity 300-499 fast TeologiTeologi.BR143 .G33 2005eb270.2Gaddis, Michael, 1970-Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2005(DLC) 2005005288(OCoLC)5842276615987578819781598757880128235742597812823574260520930908978052093090222573/cttt4sww JSTORhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=295117http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=295117COO05063020200709055228.0ocn191946920eng