This book reconstructs the narrative of the Flight of Pope Callixtus from Rome, and its relations to his declaration that great sins could be absolved; from the attack on him by Tertullian.
SKU (ISBN): 978-1-61719-292-0
Publication Status: In Print
Publication Date: Aug 12,2010
Interior Color: Black
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Page Count: 149
Languages: German, Greek
ISBN: 978-1-61719-292-0
Tertullian attacked the novel doctrine of the absolution of sins, postulated by Callixtus of Rome. Ernst Rolffs here reconstructs his source, a narrative of the Flight of Callixtus out of Rome, and discusses the results of this on the conflict between Callixtus and Hippolytus over the leadership and structure of the Christian community of Rome. A pivotal contribution to the study of the constitution of the Primitive Church.