A.D. 381: Heretics, Pagans, and the Dawn of the Monotheistic State Paperback - 2010
by Charles Freeman
A provoking and timely examination of one of the most important times in Church history.
In AD 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. Yet surprisingly, the popular histories claim that the Christian Church reached a consensus on the Trinity at the Council of Constantinople in AD 381. Why has Theodosius's revolution been airbrushed from the historical record?
In this groundbreaking new book, acclaimed historian Charles Freeman shows that the council was in fact a sham, only taking place after Theodosius's decree had become law. The Church was acquiescing in the overwhelming power of the emperor. 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 AD 381, as Freeman puts it, was "a turning point which time forgot."
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- Title A.D. 381: Heretics, Pagans, and the Dawn of the Monotheistic State
- Author Charles Freeman
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Abrams Press, New York
- Date 2010-01-26
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781590202876 / 1590202872
- Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.4 x 0.8 in (20.32 x 13.72 x 2.03 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Dewey Decimal Code 270.2
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