Early Christian Lives

Name: Early Christian Lives
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ISBN: 9780140435269

ISBN-10: 0140435263

ISBN-13: 9780140435269

Edition: 2000

Authors: Athanasius, Jerome, Sulpicius Severus, Gregory the Great, Carolinne White

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Written between the mid - fourth and late sixth centuries to commemorate and glorify the achievements of early Christian saints, these six biographies depict men who devoted themselves to solitude, poverty and prayer. Athanasius records Antony's extreme seclusion in the Egyptian desert, despite temptation by the devil and visits from his followers. Jerome also shows those who fled persecution or withdrew from society to pursue lives of chastity and asceticism in his accounts of Paul of Thebes, Hilarion and Malchus. In his Life of Martin, Sulpicius Severus describes the achievements of a man who combined the roles of monk, bishop and missionary, while Gregory the Great tells of Benedict,…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 7/1/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.76" long x 0.66" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Carolinne White is Research Fellow in the Faculty of Classics at the University of Oxford and Assistant Editor of the Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources.



Chronology


Map of the World of Antony, Paul, Hilarion, Malchus, Martin and Benedict


General Introduction


The Early Development of Monasticism


The Writing of Biography: Pagan Past and Christian Future


Principal Primary Sources relating to Early Monasticism


The Saints in Iconography


Translation Past and Present


Further Reading


Life of Antony


Life of Paul of Thebes


Life of Hilarion


Life of Malchus


Life of Martin of Tours


Life of Benedict


Notes