Renouncing the world yet leading the church the monk-bishop in late antiquity

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sterk, Andrea (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press 2004.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31447685*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I: BASIL OF CAESAREA AND THE EMERGENCE OF AN IDEAL:
  • Monks and bishops in the Christian East from 325 to 375
  • Asceticism and leadership in the thought of Basil of Caesarea
  • Reframing and reforming the episcopate: Basil's direct influence
  • II: THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN IDEAL:
  • Gregory of Nyssa: On Basil, Moses, and episcopal office
  • Gregory of Nazianzus: ascetic life and episcopal office in tension
  • John Chrysostom: the model monk-bishop in spite of himself
  • III: THE TRIUMPH OF AN IDEAL:
  • From nuisances to episcopal ideals: civil and ecclesiastical legislation
  • Normalizing the model: the Fifth-Century church histories
  • The broadening appeal: monastic and hagiographical literature
  • Epilogue: The legacy of the monk-bishop in the Byzanine world.