CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations and Reference Information

Introduction

PART I. THEODORET AND HIS ANTIOCHENE CLERICAL NETWORK

1. Traces of a Network: Friendship, Doctrine, and Clerical Communication, 423-451

2. Shape of a Network: Antiochene Relational Patterns

3. Roots of a Network: Theodoret on the Antiochene Clerical Heritage

4. Ephesus and After: Leadership, Doctrinal Crisis, and the Transformation of the Antiochene Network

5. Forging Community: Theodoret's Network and Its Fall

PART II. THEODORET AND LATE ROMAN NETWORKS OF PATRONAGE

6. Mediating Bishops: Patronage Roles and Relations in the Fifth Century

7. The Irreplaceable Theodoret: Patronage Performance and Social Strategy

8. Patronage, Human and Divine: The Social Dynamics of Theodoret's Christology

Epilogue: The Council of Chalcedon and the Antiochene Legacy

 

Notes

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Index