A.D. 381 Heretics, Pagans, and the Christian State

A.D. 381

Heretics, Pagans, and the Christian State

  • ISBN: 9781590205228
  • Publication Date: January 26, 2010

Format:

Ebook
Price: $14.36
Description

In A.D. 381, Theodosius, emperor of the eastern Roman empire, issued a decree in which all his subjects were required to subscribe to a belief in the Trinity of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. This edict defined Christian orthodoxy and brought to an end a lively and wide-ranging debate about the nature of God; all other interpretations were now declared heretical. It was the first time in a thousand years of Greco-Roman civilization free thought was unambiguously suppressed. Why has Theodosius's revolution been airbrushed from the historical record? In this groundbreaking book, acclaimed historian Charles Freeman argues that Theodosius's edict and the subsequent suppression of paganism not only brought an end to the diversity of religious and philosophical beliefs throughout the empire, but created numerous theological problems for the Church, which have remained unsolved. The year A.D. 381, as Freeman puts it, was "a turning point which time forgot."

You May Also Like

Cover image for Rome of One's Own The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire

A Rome of One's Own

$27.00 $13.50
(50% Off) with code FESTIVE24

Cover image for Gladiator II: The Art and Making of the Ridley Scott Film

Gladiator II: The Art and Making of the Ridley Scott Film

$50.00 $25.00
(50% Off) with code FESTIVE24