Arianism: Roman Heresy and Barbarian Creed

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This is the first volume to attempt a comprehensive overview of the evolution of the 'Arian' churches in the Roman world of Late Antiquity and their political importance in the late Roman kingdoms of the 5th-6th centuries, ruled by barbarian warrior elites. Bringing together researchers from the disciplines of theology, history and archaeology, and providing an extensive bibliography, it constitutes a breakthrough in a field largely neglected in historical studies. A polemical term coined by the Orthodox Church (the side that prevailed in the Trinitarian disputes of the 4th century List of Illustrations ix Notes on Contributors xi Abbreviations xv Preface xvii Introduction: Framing the Historical and Theological Problems 1 Hanns Christof Brennecke 1a Ulfila und der sogenannte gotische Arianismus 21 Knut Schäferdiek (†) 1b Ulfila and the so-called ‘Gothic’ Arianism – English Summary 45 Knut Schäferdiek (†) 2 Was Ulfila Really a Homoian? 49 Sara Parvis 3 Sabas: ‘Orthodox’ or ‘Arian’? 67 Paul Parvis 4 The Homoians 85 Uta Heil 5 Deconstruction of the So-called Germanic Arianism 117 Hanns Christof Brennecke 6 Vulfila pontifex ipseque primas Gothorum minorum, sed non apostolus eorum. Vulfila, Bishop and Secular Leader of His People but not Their Apostle 131 Herwig Wolfram 7 Barbarian ‘Arian’ Clergy, Church Organization, and Church Practices 145 Ralph W. Mathisen 8 Germanic Language and Germanic Homoianism 193 Brendan Wolfe 9 The Non-Archaeology of Arianism – What Comparing Cases in Carthage, Haïdra and Ravenna Can Tell Us about ‘Arian’ Churches 201 Ralf Bockmann 10 The ecclesia legis Gothorum and the Role of ‘Arianism’ in Ostrogothic Italy 219 Guido M. Berndt and Roland Steinacher 11 Arrianorum abolevit heresem: The Lombards and the Ghost of Arianism 231 Piero Majocchi 12 Arianism in Africa 239 Robin Whelan 13 Arianism and Ethnic Identity in Sixth-Century Visigothic Spain 257 Manuel Koch 14 The Homoians in Gaul 271 Uta Heil 15 Britain: Approaching Controversy on the Western Fringes of the Roman Empire 297 Meritxell Pérez Martínez Conclusion: The Elusive Nature of an Orthodox Heresy 311 Yitzhak Hen Bibliography 317 Index 367