02847nam a2200529Ia 4500 ocn850932953 OCoLC 20200709055836.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 130626s2010 ilu ob 001 0deng d N$T N$T 9780830827220 0830827226 9780830868162 (electronic bk.) 083086816X (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)850932953 583033 (N$T) e------ ff----- aw----- BR180 .L45 2010 REL 108020 bisacsh REL 015000 bisacsh 270.1092 22 N$TA Leithart, Peter J. Defending Constantine [electronic resource] : the twilight of an empire and the dawn of Christendom / Peter J. Leithart. Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, ©2010. 1 online resource (373 pages) text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Leithart 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. Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-366) and indexes. Sanguinary edicts -- Jupiter on the throne -- Instinctu divinitatus -- By this sign -- Liberator ecclesiae -- End of sacrifice -- Common bishop -- Nicaea and after -- Seeds of evangelical law -- Justice for all -- One God, one emperor -- Pacifist church? -- Christian empire, Christian mission -- Rome baptized. Description based on print version record. Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, -337 Influence. Church history Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. Rome History Constantine I, the Great, 306-337. RELIGION / Christian Church / History bisacsh RELIGION / Christianity / History bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Leithart, Peter J. Defending Constantine. Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, ©2010 9780830827220 (DLC) 2010019863 (OCoLC)624042011 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=583033 EBSCOhost EBSC 583033 cpp1794 02 N$T 53244 53244