Download or read book Episcopal Elections 250-600 written by Peter Norton and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007-02-22 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Norton presents a refutation of the conventional view that after the adoption of Christianity by the Romans the locals lost their voice in the appointment of bishops. He argues that this right remained for some time, with consequences for our understanding of the administration of the later empire.