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What Makes a Church Sacred?: Legal and Ritual Perspectives from Late Antiquity
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FARAG, Mary K.

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 caused significant tension. In these disputes, juridical regulations and opinions mattered more than…

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9780520382015
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300