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The role of women in early Christianity / Jean LaPorte. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in women and religion ; v. 7.Publication details: New York, New York : E. Mellen Press, (c)1982.Description: 189 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0889465452
  • 9780889465459
  • 0889465495
  • 9780889465497
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BR195.L376.R654 1982
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Contents:
Women in martyrdom. The martyrdom of Blandia ; The passion of Perpetua -- Women in conjugal life. Tertullian; Clement of Alexandria; Augustine; Chrysostom -- Women in contemplative life. Women in prophecy; The widows of the church; The virgins; Mystical, liturgical, and active life -- Women in ministry. Deaconesses; Widows in office -- Women in symbol. Philo of Alexandria; Woman as a symbol of virtue or vice in early Christianity; The church as mother: Cyprian, Augustine; Woman as speculative wisdom; Symbolism of the blessed virgin Mary.
Summary: The purpose of this book is to explain the role and place of women in Early Christianity as it emerges from the writings of the Fathers of the Church. It does not deal with the materials of the New Testament on women except in so far as the Fathers rely or comment on them, or when they provide models of institutions or types of life.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library Circulating Collection - First Floor Non-fiction BR195.L376.R654 1982 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923000536553

Women in martyrdom. The martyrdom of Blandia ; The passion of Perpetua -- Women in conjugal life. Tertullian; Clement of Alexandria; Augustine; Chrysostom -- Women in contemplative life. Women in prophecy; The widows of the church; The virgins; Mystical, liturgical, and active life -- Women in ministry. Deaconesses; Widows in office -- Women in symbol. Philo of Alexandria; Woman as a symbol of virtue or vice in early Christianity; The church as mother: Cyprian, Augustine; Woman as speculative wisdom; Symbolism of the blessed virgin Mary.

The purpose of this book is to explain the role and place of women in Early Christianity as it emerges from the writings of the Fathers of the Church. It does not deal with the materials of the New Testament on women except in so far as the Fathers rely or comment on them, or when they provide models of institutions or types of life.

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