doctrine and dissent at the end of late antiquity Booth, Phil 1981- creator text bibliography biography Electronic books. cau 2014 monographic eng 1 online resource (412 pages) "This book focuses on the attempts of three ascetics-John Moschus, Sophronius of Jerusalem, and Maximus Confessor-to determine the Church's power and place during a period of profound crisis, as the eastern Roman empire suffered serious reversals in the face of Persian and then Islamic expansion. By asserting visions which reconciled long-standing intellectual tensions between asceticism and Church, these authors established the framework for their subsequent emergence as Constantinople's most vociferous religious critics, their alliance with the Roman popes, and their radical rejection of imperial interference in matters of the faith. Situated within the broader religious currents of the fourth to seventh centuries, this book throws new light on the nature not only of the holy man in late antiquity, but also of the Byzantine Orthodoxy that would emerge in the Middle Ages, and which is still central to the churches of Greece and Eastern Europe"-- Phil Booth. Includes bibliographical references and index. Moschus, John approximately 550-619 Saint, Patriarch of Jerusalem Sophronius approximately 560-approximately 638 Confessor, Saint Maximus approximately 580-662 Church history 7th century BR162.3 .B66 2014eb 270.2 Booth, Phil. Berkeley, California : University of California Press, 2014 xv, 393 pages (DLC) 2013011399 9780520956582 (e-book) http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10773726 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10773726 CaPaEBR 130515 ebr10773726 eng