 | The Invention of Peter: Apostolic Discourse and Papal Authority in Late Antiquity Subjects: Popes -- Primacy -- History of doctrines -- Early church ca. 30–600; Petrine office -- History of doctrines -- Early church ca. 30–600; By emphasizing the ways the Bishops of Rome first leveraged the cult of St. Peter to their advantage, George E. Demacopoulos constructs an alternate account of papal history that challenges the dominant narrative of an inevitable and unbroken rise in papal power from late antiquity through the Middle Ages. George E. Demacopoulos is Professor of Theology and Fr. John Meyendorff and Patterson Family Chair of Orthodox Christian Studies at Fordham University. He is also author of Five Models of Spiritual Direction in the Early Church. |
