Heaven's purge : purgatory in late antiquity / Isabel Moreira.

By:

Moreira, Isabel [Author]

Contributor(s):

Oxford University Press

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780199780402

Subject(s):

Purgatory -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600

Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

BT843 .H438 2010

Online resources:

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Contents:

Of sons and slaves : violence and correction in the afterlife -- O purgatorium caeleste! : purging body and soul at St. Martin's shrine -- Purgation in the sixth and seventh centuries -- Purgatory, penitentials, and the Irish question -- Purgatory in Bede and Boniface -- Missionary eschatology and the politics of certainty -- Barbarians, law codes, and purgatory.

Summary: This book traces purgatory's roots in the texts and debates of late antiquity. Illuminating the varied perspectives on post-mortem purgation in late antiquity, Moreira challenges the conclusions of recent scholarship through an examination of the texts, communities and cultural ideas that informed purgatory's early history.

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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	BT843 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn700953412

Includes bibliographies and index.

This book traces purgatory's roots in the texts and debates of late antiquity. Illuminating the varied perspectives on post-mortem purgation in late antiquity, Moreira challenges the conclusions of recent scholarship through an examination of the texts, communities and cultural ideas that informed purgatory's early history.

Purgatory in early Christian and patristic thought -- Of sons and slaves : violence and correction in the afterlife -- O purgatorium caeleste! : purging body and soul at St. Martin's shrine -- Purgation in the sixth and seventh centuries -- Purgatory, penitentials, and the Irish question -- Purgatory in Bede and Boniface -- Missionary eschatology and the politics of certainty -- Barbarians, law codes, and purgatory.

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