Translation, Controversies, and Adaptations at St Sabas Monastery during the Sixth Century
This article identifies two texts from St Sabas Monastery that give important information about theological crises that occurred there during the sixth century: Evagrius Ponticus's Gnostic Chapters as well as the Book of Cassian the Monk. The importance of the monastery as a centre of spiritual...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brepols
[2013]
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The journal of medieval monastic studies
Year: 2013, Volume: 2, Pages: 1-18 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages KBL Near East and North Africa KCA Monasticism; religious orders |
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| Summary: | This article identifies two texts from St Sabas Monastery that give important information about theological crises that occurred there during the sixth century: Evagrius Ponticus's Gnostic Chapters as well as the Book of Cassian the Monk. The importance of the monastery as a centre of spiritual and theological authority is explained, before our sources of information are critically surveyed. Counter to the arguments of their respective editors, I argue that the two texts studied here should be seen to correct the bias of a major source for information about the crises (Cyril of Scythopolis's monastic lives), rather than to corroborate that bias. |
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| ISSN: | 2034-3523 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of medieval monastic studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1484/J.JMMS.1.103646 |