Patriarch Dioscorus of Alexandria: The Last Pharaoh and Ecclesiastical Politics in the Later Roman Empire...

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Volker L. Menze (Associate Professor for Late Antique History, Associate Professor for Late Antique History, Central European University)

Patriarch Dioscorus of Alexandria

The Last Pharaoh and Ecclesiastical Politics in the Later Roman Empire

Volker L. Menze (Associate Professor for Late Antique History, Associate Professor for Late Antique History, Central European University)

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Oxford University Press
28 April 2023

Ancient history: to c 500 CE; History of religion; The Early Church

Series: Oxford Early Christian Studies

Patriarch Dioscorus of Alexandria: The Last Pharaoh of Alexandria and Ecclesiastical Politics in the Later Roman Empire offers a thorough revision of the historical role of Dioscorus as patriarch of Alexandria between 444 and 451 CE. One of the major protagonists of the Christological controversy, Dioscorus was hailed a saint in Eastern Church traditions which opposed the Council of Chalcedon in 451. Yet Western Church traditions remember him as a heretic and violent villain, and much scholarship maintains this image of Dioscorus as 'ruthless and ambitious', a 'tyrant-bishop' feared by his opponents-the 'Attila of the Eastern Church'.

This book breaks with these negative stereotypes and offers the first serious historical analysis of Dioscorus as ecclesiastical politician and reformer. It discusses the discrepancy that theologically Dioscorus was a loyal follower of his famous predecessor Cyril of Alexandria (412-444) while politically he was the leading figure of the anti-Cyrillian party in Alexandria. Analysing Dioscorus' role as president of the Second Council of Ephesus in 449 and his downfall and deposition at the Council of Chalcedon in 451, Menze also offers a much-needed new reading of the acts of these two general councils.

Reappraising the life and role of Dioscorus ultimately shows how the Christological controversy of the fifth century can only be fully understood against the background of imperial politics-and its mechanisms for implementing 'Orthodoxy'-in the Later Roman Empire.

By: Volker L. Menze (Associate Professor for Late Antique History Associate Professor for Late Antique History Central European University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 165mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780192871336
ISBN 10: 0192871331
Series: Oxford Early Christian Studies
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 28 April 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Volker L. Menze is Associate Professor for Late Antique History at Central European University, particularly working on ecclesiastical history 300-700 CE. His recent publications include an edited volume on Syriac hagiography and articles on church councils, book burnings, bribery, episcopal nepotism, and alternative ecclesiologies in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages.

Reviews for Patriarch Dioscorus of Alexandria: The Last Pharaoh and Ecclesiastical Politics in the Later Roman Empire

Volker E Menze's monograph dedicated to the Patriarch Dioscorus of Alexandria is not only a useful tool in the field of the history of the church,...it can be read both by a theologian, a philosopher, a scholar specialized in areas like geopolitics, political theology, or other categories of literature. * Maxim Morariu, The Symposium *