"From the womb of the Church": monastic families
This article presents a scrutiny of four major monastic texts (Augustine's letters to Laetus and Ecdicia; Gregory of Nyssa's "Life of Macrina"; and the Egyptian monk Shenoute's sermon, "On cleaving to profitable things") to argue that a "profamilial" atti...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins Univ. Press
2003
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Journal of early Christian studies
Year: 2003, Volume: 11, Issue: 3, Pages: 283-307 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Family
/ Metaphor
/ Monasticism
/ Church
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KCA Monasticism; religious orders |
| Further subjects: | B
Church
B Monasticism B Family B Metaphor B Augustinus, Aurelius Saint (354-430) Epistulae |
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