What Makes a Church Sacred?

What is the purpose of a church? Who owns a church? Mary K. Farag persuasively demonstrates that three groups in late antiquity were concerned with these questions: Christian leaders, wealthy laypersons, and lawmakers. Conflicting answers usually coexisted, but from time to time they clashed and cau...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Farag, Mary K.
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	University of California Press 2021
Subjects:	History Ancient Religion Christian Church Canon & Ecclesiastical Law thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient history thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity::QRMB Christian Churches, denominations, groups
Online Access:	OCN: 1246675488
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