Christian women in the patristic world
From facing wild beasts in the arena to governing the Roman Empire, Christian women--as preachers and philosophers, martyrs and empresses, virgins and mothers -- influenced the shape of the church in its formative centuries. This book provides in a single volume a nearly complete compendium of extan...
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| Glavni autor: | Cohick, Lynn H. (-) |
| Ostali autori: | Hughes, Amy Brown (-) |
| Vrsta građe: | Knjiga |
| Jezik: | eng |
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Grand Rapids, MI :
Baker Book House,
2017.
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Sadržaj:
- Thecla : Christian female protomartyr and virgin of the church
- Perpetua and Felicitas : mothers and martyrs
- Christian women in catacomb art
- From pagan to Christian, martyr to ascetic
- Helena Augusta, "mother of the empire"
- Egeria's "Itinerary" and Christian pilgrimage
- Macrina the ascetic entrepreneur and the "unlearned" wisdom of Monica
- Paula, Marcella, and the Melanias : ascetics, scholars, and comptriots in controversy
- Aelia Pulcheria, "protectress of the empire," and Empress Eudocia, a theological poet
- Conclusion : Responsibly remembering.