• 120. Dioskouros of Alexandria, Or the making of a Church villain, with Volker Menze

  • Jun 27 2024
  • Length: 58 mins
  • Podcast

120. Dioskouros of Alexandria, Or the making of a Church villain, with Volker Menze

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  • A conversation with Volker Menze (Central European University) about the fifth-century patriarch Dioskouros of Alexandria, what we really know about him, and why he was demonized in the western traditions. A close reading of the Council Acts suggests a different picture: a bishop who thought he was doing right by the established creed and following the directives of the emperor suddenly found himself in the hot seat. The conversation is based on Volker's book Patriarch Dioscorus of Alexandria: The Last Pharaoh and Ecclesiastical Politics in the Later Roman Empire (Oxford University Press 2023).

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