Holy bishops in late antiquity the nature of christian leadership in an age of transition. - Rapp, Claudia (Berkeley University of California press, 2005)
Pragmatic authority -- Spiritual authority -- Ascetic authority -- Two unlikely bishops : Synesius of Cyrene and Theodore of Sykeon -- The episcopate : work or honor? -- Social contexts -- Cities -- Empire -- The bishop as a new urban functionary -- Epilogue : holy bishops.
Keywords: Bishops -- Rome; Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600; 262.12 <37> -- Episcopaat: aartsbisschop; primaat; bisschop; metropoliet; patriarch; exarch--Rome. Oud-Italië