"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" attitude existed...

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Main Author: Krawiec, Rebecca (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press 2003
In: Journal of early Christian studies
Year: 2003, Volume: 11, Issue: 3, Pages: 283-307
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