Gruesome Deaths And Celibate Lives: Christian Martyrs And Ascetics
Gruesome Deaths And Celibate Lives: Christian Martyrs And Ascetics (Greece & Rome Live) (Bristol Phoenix Press - Greece and Rome Live) Aideen M. Hartney,
Publisher: Bristol Phoenix Press
ISBN: 1904675131
DDC: 272.10922
Edition: Paperback; 2005-07-30
Summary:
From among the early Christian faithful emerged colorful
personalities who seized the imagination and held the attention of
their community, either by their readiness to die for their faith as
martyrs or by their extravagant subsumation of earthly desires to
spiritual ends as ascetics. Their actions inspired contemporaries,
played a key role in the development of the Christian faith and the
organization of the Church, and are venerated in the Christian
tradition. This book places these remarkable figures in their
historical and cultural context and explores the thinking behind
their actions. It offers a clear portrait of the period and a rounded
assessment of its protagonists, unbiased by the triumphalist approach
of Christian commentary or the negativity of those who may disapprove
of the way the Church developed. It is intended as an introduction
for readers who approach late antiquity and early Christianity,
whether from a sociological, historical or theological perspective.
The End of Sacrifice
(Guy G. Stroumsa, Susan Emanuel (Translator); ISBN: 0226777383;
Hardcover; 2009-04-15; 98% match)
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The New Testament in Greek
(edited by the American and British Committees of the International Greek New Testament Project; ISBN: 9004099409;
(v. 4, pt. 1); 98% match)
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