The Three Chapters Controversy and the Biblical Diagrams of Cassiodorus’s Codex Grandior and Institutions
Celia Chazelle
The sixth-century theological controversy over the ‘Three Chapters’, which centred on nature of Christ, provoked one most serious and long-lived religious schisms early Middle Ages. fault lines ran not only between Byzantine imperial court papacy, but Rome churches in former western empire’s successor states. In Italy, schism endured into seventh century, repercussions were felt long thereafter. Though rooted complexities christological debate, tensions reveal growing political as well cultural divide Byzantium, Rome, West. Thus is critical for our understanding late-antique early-medieval Mediterranean world, inheritance empire Europe North Africa. This book presents ten chapters by an international group scholars who examine different facets Three Chapters Controversy its profound impact these regions.
Studies in the early Middle Ages