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Christian women in the patristic world : their influence, authority, and legacy in the second through fifth centuries / Lynn H. Cohick and Amy Brown Hughes. [print]

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, (c)2017.Description: xxxviii, 292 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780801039553
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BR195.H893.C475 2017
  • BR195
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Contents:
Perpetua and Felicitas : mothers and martyrs -- Christian women in catacomb art -- From pagan to Christian, martyr to ascetic -- Helena Augusta, "mother of the empire" -- Egeria's Itinerary and Christian pilgrimage -- Macrina the ascetic entrepreneur and the "unlearned" wisdom of Monica -- Paula, Marcella, and the Melanias : ascetics, scholars, and compatriots in controversy -- Aelia Pulcheria, "protectress of the empire," and Empress Eudocia, a theological poet -- Conclusion: Responsibly remembering.
Subject: From facing wild beasts in the arena to governing the Roman Empire, Christian women--as preachers and philosophers, martyrs and empresses, virgins and mothers
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Thecla : Christian female protomartyr and virgin of the church -- Perpetua and Felicitas : mothers and martyrs -- Christian women in catacomb art -- From pagan to Christian, martyr to ascetic -- Helena Augusta, "mother of the empire" -- Egeria's Itinerary and Christian pilgrimage -- Macrina the ascetic entrepreneur and the "unlearned" wisdom of Monica -- Paula, Marcella, and the Melanias : ascetics, scholars, and compatriots in controversy -- Aelia Pulcheria, "protectress of the empire," and Empress Eudocia, a theological poet -- Conclusion: Responsibly remembering.

From facing wild beasts in the arena to governing the Roman Empire, Christian women--as preachers and philosophers, martyrs and empresses, virgins and mothers

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