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100 1 _aLeithart, Peter J.
245 1 0 _aDefending Constantine
_h[electronic resource] :
_bthe twilight of an empire and the dawn of Christendom /
_cPeter J. Leithart.
260 _aDowners Grove, Ill. :
_bIVP Academic,
_c©2010.
300 _a1 online resource (373 pages)
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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_2rdacarrier
520 _aLeithart 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.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 343-366) and indexes.
505 0 _aSanguinary 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.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
600 0 0 _aConstantine
_bI,
_cEmperor of Rome,
_d-337
_xInfluence.
650 0 _aChurch history
_yPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
651 0 _aRome
_xHistory
_yConstantine I, the Great, 306-337.
650 7 _aRELIGION / Christian Church / History
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650 7 _aRELIGION / Christianity / History
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655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aLeithart, Peter J.
_tDefending Constantine.
_dDowners Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, ©2010
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