The Church and the Barbarians

Church and the Barbarians, by
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Title: The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History
of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003
Author: William Holden Hutton
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THE CHURCH AND THE BARBARIANS
BEING AN OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH
FROM A.D. 461 TO A.D. 1003

BY THE REV.
WILLIAM HOLDEN HUTTON, B.D.

FELLOW AND TUTOR OF S. JOHN BAPTIST COLLEGE,
OXFORD
EXAMINING CHAPLAIN TO THE BISHOP OF ROCHESTER

RIVINGTONS
34 KING STREET, COVENT GARDEN
LONDON
1906

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EDITORIAL NOTE
While there is a general agreement among the writers as to principles,
the greatest freedom as to treatment is allowed to writers in this series.
The volumes, for example, will not be of the same length. Volume II.,
which deals with the formative period of the Church, is, not unnaturally,
longer in proportion than the others. To Volume VI., which deals with
the Reformation, will be allotted a similar extension. The authors, again,
use their own discretion in such matters as footnotes and lists of
authorities. But the aim of the series, which each writer sets before him,
is to tell, clearly and accurately, the story of the Church, as a divine
institution with a continuous life.
W. H. HUTTON

PREFACE
It has seemed to me impossible to deal with the long period covered by
this volume as briefly as the scheme of the series required without
leaving out a great many events and concentrating attention chiefly
upon a few central facts and a few important personages. I think that
the main results of the development may thus be seen, though there is
much which is here omitted that would have been included had the
book been written on other lines.
Some pages find place here which originally appeared in The Guardian
and The Treasury, and a few lines which once formed part of an article
in The Church Quarterly Review. My thanks are due for the courtesy of
the Editors. I have reprinted some passages from my Church of the
Sixth Century, a book which is now out of print and not likely to be
reissued.

I have to thank the Rev. L. Pullan for help from his wide knowledge,
and Mr. L. Strachan, of Heidelberg, of whose accuracy and learning I
have had long experience, for reading the proofs and making the index.
W. H. H.
S. JOHN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD, Septuagesima, 1906.

CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
PAGE THE CHURCH AND ITS PROSPECTS IN THE FIFTH
CENTURY . . . . 1
CHAPTER II
THE EMPIRE AND THE EASTERN CHURCH, 461-628 . . . . . . . . 6
CHAPTER III
THE CHURCH IN ITALY, 461-590 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
CHAPTER IV
CHRISTIANITY IN GAUL FROM THE SIXTH TO THE EIGHTH
CENTURY 41
CHAPTER V
THE PONTIFICATE OF GREGORY THE GREAT . . . . . . . . . . . 60
CHAPTER VI
CONTROVERSY AND THE CATHOLICISM OF SPAIN . . . . . . . . .
72

CHAPTER VII
THE CHURCH AND THE MONOTHELITE
CONTROVERSY . . . . . . . . 83
CHAPTER