“A Suitable Abode for Christ”: The Church Building as Symbol of Ascetic Renunciation in Early Monasticism

In reading many early Christian texts from and about Egypt, one is struck by the importance of space for the ascetic lifestyle. Whether it be Antony locked in his desert fortress, the tightly arranged cells of Kellia in the Apopthegmata Patrum, or the landscape of the desert in so much hagiographica...

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Main Author: Schroeder, Caroline T. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2004
In: Church history
Year: 2004, Volume: 73, Issue: 3, Pages: 472-521
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