TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rapp,Claudia
TI  - Holy bishops in late antiquity: the nature of Christian leadership in an age of transition 
SN  - 1417585137 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BR166 .R36 2005eb
U1  - 262/.1214 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Bishops
KW  - Rome
KW  - Church history
KW  - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Description based on print version record; Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
UR  - http://www.netlibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=129021
ER  -