Laporte, Jean,  1924-2006. <br/><br/>
The role of women in early Christianity /Jean LaPorte. 

 - New York, New York :  E. Mellen Press,  (c)1982. 
 - 189 pages ;  24 cm 
 - Studies in women and religion ;  v. 7 .
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780889465459 9780889465497 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>82008281 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>(AMICUS)000003367100 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women in Christianity--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BR195  / .R654 1982