Cohick, Lynn H.,

Christian women in the patristic world : their influence, authority, and legacy in the second through fifth centuries / Lynn H. Cohick. - 292 páginas : ilustraciones ; 23 centímetros

Bibliografía : páginas 261-277. Índice : páginas 285-292.

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 comptriots in controversy -- Aelia Pulcheria, "protectress of the empire," and Empress Eudocia, a theological poet -- Conclusion : Responsibly remembering.



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Geschichte.
Women in Christianity.
Historia.
Mujeres en el cristianismo.

270.1082 / C72