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Vox Populi

Violence and Popular Involvement in the Religious Controversies of the Fifth Century A.D.

Timothy E. Gregory

Frontmatter, Preface, and Abbreviations

1. Introduction
2. The Urban Context
        The Late Roman City
        Decline or Expansion?
        Organizations and Institutions
        Constantinople, Ephesus, and Alexandria
3. The Episcopacy of John Chrysostom: Constantinople
        Early Years and the Episcopal Election of 397
        Chrysostom as Bishop
        The Council of the Oak and First Exile
        Second Exile and Schism
        The Aftermath
4. Nestorius and the Council of Ephesus: Constantinople and Ephesus
        Nestorius, Bishop of Constantinople
        The Christological Controversy
        The Outbreak of the Quarrel
        The Council of Ephesus, 431
        Constantinople after the Council
5. The Latrocinium: Constantinople and Ephesus
        The Controversy Continued
        The Council of 448
        The Second Council of Ephesus
        The Aftermath in Constantinople
6. The Council of Chalcedon: Constantinople and Alexandria
        Toward a New Policy
        The Meeting of the Council
        Opposition to Dioscorus
        Revolt in Alexandria
7. Conclusions

Bibliography
Index

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