Arianism

Guido M. Berndt is a researcher at the Department of Ancient History, Friedrich-Alexander-Universitÿt, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany; Roland Steinacher is a historian specialising in Roman History at the Institut fÿr Mittelalterforschung of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and teaches at the University of Vienna, Austria.

This is the first volume to attempt a comprehensive introduction to and overview of the evolution of the 'Arian' churches in the Roman world of Late Antiquity and their political importance in the late Roman kingdoms of the 5th-6th centuries, ruled by barbarian warrior elites. Bringing together researchers from the disciplines of theology, history

Contents: Preface; Introduction: framing the historical and theological problems, Hanns Christof Brennecke; Ulfila und der sogenannte gotische Arianismus, Knut Schÿferdiek (Â...); Ulfila and the so-called 'Gothic' Arianism - English summary, Knut Schÿferdiek (Â...); Was Ulfila really a homoian?, Sara Parvis; Sabas: 'orthodox' or 'Arian'?, Paul Parvis; The Homoians, Uta Heil; Deconstruction of the so-called Germanic Arianism, Hanns Christof Brennecke; Vulfila pontifex ipseque primas Gothorum minorum, sed non apostolus eorum. Vulfila, bishop and secular leader of his people but not their apostle, Herwig Wolfram; Barbarian 'Arian' clergy, church organization, and church practices, Ralph W. Mathisen; Germanic language and Germanic Homoianism, Brendan Wolfe; The non-archaeology of Arianism - what comparing cases in Carthage, Haïdra and Ravenna can tell us about 'Arian' churches, Ralf Bockmann; The ecclesia legis Gothorum and the role of 'Arianism' in Ostrogothic Italy, Guido M. Berndt and Roland Steinacher; Arrianorum abolevit heresem: the Lombards and the ghost of Arianism, Piero Majocchi; Arianism in Africa, Robin Whelan; Arianism and ethnic identity in 6th century Visigothic Spain, Manuel Koch; The Homoians in Gaul, Uta Heil; Britain: approaching controversy on the western fringes of the Roman Empire, Meritxell Pérez Martínez; Conclusion: the elusive nature of an orthodox heresy, Yitzhak Hen; Bibliography; Index.