Christian Friendship in the Fourth Century
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ISBN-13:
9780521419079
Veröffentl:
2003
Einband:
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Erscheinungsdatum:
29.09.2003
Seiten:
292
Autor:
Carolinne White
Gewicht:
548 g
Format:
222x145x21 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
This study presents the evidence, derived from letters and theological works, for theories of Christian friendship as they were developed by the leading fourth-century Church Fathers, both in East and West. The author attempts to find out how consistent and positive is the picture of friendship between Christians at the time, and considers friendship in the context of the relation between pagan theory and Christian ideas. All of the writers considered had a profound influence on later ages as well as on their own period.
This study presents the evidence for theories of Christian friendship as they were developed by the leading fourth-century Church Fathers.
1. Introduction; 2. Classical Theories of Friendship; 3. Some Problems of Christian Friendship; 4. Friendship in the lives and thought of Basil and of Gregory of Nazianzus; 5. John Chrysostom and Olympias; 6. Synesius of Cyrene; 7. Ambrose of Milan - Ciceronian or Christian friendship?; 8. St. Jerome; 9. Paulinus of Nola; 10. Monasticism and friendship; 11. St. Augustine.