books.google.ca - Between 300 and 600, Christianity experienced a momentous change from persecuted cult to state religion. One of the consequences of this shift was the evolution of the role of the bishop-as the highest Church official in his city-from model Christian to model citizen. Claudia Rapp's exceptionally learned,...http://books.google.ca/books/about/Holy_Bishops_in_Late_Antiquity.html?id=ZD-5IVXqjNoC&q=prayer&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareHoly Bishops in Late Antiquity
