Public Aspects of Pain in Late Antiquity: The Testimony of Chrysostom and the Cappadocians in their Graeco-Roman Context

This article is a study of pain from a comparative perspective according to the criteria that have been established in the patristic, philosophical, and medical literature of late antiquity. My overall aim is to examine the mode of evaluation of the severity of a pain and, especially, whether Christ...

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Main Author: Samellas, Antigone 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2015
In: Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum
Year: 2015, Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 260-296
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Gregory of Nyssa 335-394 / John, Chrysostomus 344-407 / Galenus 129-199 / Pain
IxTheo Classification:KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
NBE Anthropology
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)