The Monk as Mourner: Gendered Eastern Christian Self-Identity in the Seventh Century
The Eastern Christian term for a monastic from the desert fathers onwards was a mourner'. The solitary grieved for his sin, and expressed his penitence in tears of lamentation. The remorse he felt was, paradoxically, joyful because it brought him closer to God. The mourner' within the Ch...
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| Language: | English |
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Brepols
[2013]
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The journal of medieval monastic studies
Year: 2013, Volume: 2, Pages: 19-37 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages KBL Near East and North Africa KCA Monasticism; religious orders |
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