For the unity of the church: Ignatius of Antioch and the monepiscopate in the Roman province of Asia

• Grant number: 14/03088-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: May 01, 2014
• End date: April 30, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - Ancient and Medieval History
• Principal Investigator: Norberto Luiz Guarinello
• Grantee: Pedro Luís de Toledo Piza
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

In the work here projected, it is proposed a research about the changes in the administration of the Christian churches in the Roman province of Asia in the period between 70 and 170 C.E., having by central basis of the research the letters of Ignatius of Antioch sent to some of these communities around of the year 110 C.E., but also using other fundamental sources of this period, like Irenaeus of Lyons, Hegesippus, Papias of Hierapolis, Polycarp of Smyrna, New Testament, apochryphal and non-Christian documents. The central problem of the research shall be as follows: what are the historical conditions that make possible the ascension in the region cited of a monepiscopate differentiated of the group of presbyters, diverging on the administrative organization of a college of bishops, a striking feature of the Mediterranean Christian communities (including those of the Roman province of Asia) in the most part of the first century C.E., and what is the role (if there's any) of Ignatius of Antioch in this process? (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

PIZA, Pedro Luís de Toledo. For the unity of the church: Ignatius of Antioch and the monepiscopacy in the Roman province of Asia. 2016. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) São Paulo.