Religious statecraft: Narratives of persecution and diplomacy in the case of Byzantine, Aksum and Himyar
When reviewed against the background of Byzantine diplomatic correspondence, Aksum’s religious policy on the Arabian Peninsula is perceivable within a Constantinian religio-political matrix. Imperial letters from Byzantine to Aksum and Persia denote the Byzantine role of arbiter of early Christianit...
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| description | When reviewed against the background of Byzantine diplomatic correspondence, Aksum’s religious policy on the Arabian Peninsula is perceivable within a Constantinian religio-political matrix. Imperial letters from Byzantine to Aksum and Persia denote the Byzantine role of arbiter of early Christianity. Byzantine Rome’s role in Christianity when reviewed from diplomatic correspondence with allies and antagonists recounts narratives of orthodoxy and persecution. Parallel review of letters from Constantine and Constantius decodes the Christian kingdom of Aksum as a participant of 4th-century CE Constantinian dynamics. This review was enabled through document analysis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ea815f809f3946c89426086f193927a62024-08-02T23:43:39ZafrAOSISHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies0259-94222072-80502021-01-01774e1e1310.4102/hts.v77i4.59084914Religious statecraft: Narratives of persecution and diplomacy in the case of Byzantine, Aksum and HimyarRugare Rukuni0Department of Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology, University of South Africa, PretoriaWhen reviewed against the background of Byzantine diplomatic correspondence, Aksum’s religious policy on the Arabian Peninsula is perceivable within a Constantinian religio-political matrix. Imperial letters from Byzantine to Aksum and Persia denote the Byzantine role of arbiter of early Christianity. Byzantine Rome’s role in Christianity when reviewed from diplomatic correspondence with allies and antagonists recounts narratives of orthodoxy and persecution. Parallel review of letters from Constantine and Constantius decodes the Christian kingdom of Aksum as a participant of 4th-century CE Constantinian dynamics. This review was enabled through document analysis.https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/5908christian historyaksumbyzantinepersiahimyarconstantinekalebpersecutiondiplomacywar |
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| title | Religious statecraft: Narratives of persecution and diplomacy in the case of Byzantine, Aksum and Himyar |
| title_full | Religious statecraft: Narratives of persecution and diplomacy in the case of Byzantine, Aksum and Himyar |
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| title_short | Religious statecraft: Narratives of persecution and diplomacy in the case of Byzantine, Aksum and Himyar |
| title_sort | religious statecraft narratives of persecution and diplomacy in the case of byzantine aksum and himyar |
| topic | christian history aksum byzantine persia himyar constantine kaleb persecution diplomacy war |
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