Some Aspects of Hellenism in the Early Greek Church Historians

Studies dealing with the attitudes of various writers of the patristic period towards Hellenism, including the aspect of paideia, have tended to concentrate, up to the present, on a specific writer or time-span. It is no accident that fourth-century writers have loomed large in recent investigations...

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Main Author: Allen, Pauline (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge University Press 1987
In: Traditio
Year: 1987, Volume: 43, Pages: 368-381
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