Paula and Jerome: towards a theology of Late Antique pilgrimage

This paper examines Jerome's account of Paula's pilgrimage in 385. Written by a well-known theologian and writer, the account was intended to be read by the wider Christian world. Self-consciously didactic in nature, Jerome portrays Paula as the ideal pilgrim - ascetic, charitable, and wit...

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Main Author: Bader, Giselle (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: [2018]
In: International journal for the study of the Christian church
Year: 2018, Volume: 18, Issue: 4, Pages: 344-353
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
KCD Hagiography; saints
Further subjects:B Holy Land
B Eustochium
B St Jerome
B Pilgrimage
B Jerusalem
B Bethlehem
B fourth century
B St Paula
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)