A Struggle for Consensus

Constantine’s Intervention in the Christian Quarrels of His Time

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11633964
AutoresAlmudena Alba López (0000-0002-6406-1262, École Pratique des Hautes Études, autor correspondente), López Almudena
Ano2023
Volume58
Fascículo175
Páginas23-52
Data de publicação2023-01-07
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPhilippiniana Sacra (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0115-9577 • E-ISSN: 2651-7418
EditoraEcclesiastical Publications Office, University of Santo Tomas (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.55997/1002pslviii175a2
OpenAlexW4313652265
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas22

Ever since the Edict of Milan was issued in 313, Emperor Constantine implemented a tolerance-based religious policy in which his intervention, both personally and by proxy, played an essential role. Tolerance would ultimately fail due to the many religious conflicts and constant doctrinal disagreements between various Christian groups, requiring new solutions in order to rule over a more peaceful population. The will to reach a doctrinal consensus that would not undermine the emperor’s powers in the management and arbitration of religious matters, as well as intervention by civil authority in fields that traditionally fell under ecclesiastic jurisdiction, would give rise to a confrontation with part of the Church which would resist the emperor’s strategy to reach a consensus in religious matters

Emperor · Proxy (statistics · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Studies and Legal History · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity