How to Be a Good Bishop? Answers and Examples from the Patristic Age
How to Be a Good Bishop? Answers and Examples from the Patristic Age
Author(s): Claudia RappSubject(s): Cultural history, History of Church(es), Social history, Sociology of Religion, History of Religion
Published by: Szent Atanáz Görögkatolikus Hittudományi Főiskola
Keywords: Late Antiquity; bishops; saints; ecclesiastical office; asceticism;
Summary/Abstract: Is high clerical office incompatible with personal holiness? Does the episcopate constitute ‘work’ or ‘honor’? This article examines patristic authors and contextualizes the issue in late antique society. It suggests that the ultimate source for ecclesiastical authority is asceticism.
Journal: Eastern Theological Journal
- Issue Year: 11/2025
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 247-269
- Page Count: 23
- Language: English
