TY  - BOOK
AU  - Laporte,Jean
TI  - The role of women in early Christianity /Jean LaPorte
T2  - Studies in women and religion
SN  - 9780889465459
AV  - BR195 .R654 1982
PY  - 1982///
CY  - New York, New York
PB  - E. Mellen Press
KW  - Women in Christianity
KW  - History
KW  - Early church, ca. 30-600
N1  - 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; 2; b
N2  - 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
ER  -