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

Sterk, Andrea.

Renouncing the world yet leading the church the monk-bishop in late antiquity / [electronic resource] : Andrea Sterk. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004. - 1 online resource (viii, 360 p.)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-350) and index.

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 -- 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 -- From nuisances to episcopal ideals: civil and ecclesiastical legislation -- Normalizing the model: the Fifth-Century church histories -- The broadening appeal: monastic and hagiographical literature -- The legacy of the monk-bishop in the Byzanine world. I: BASIL OF CAESAREA AND THE EMERGENCE OF AN IDEAL: -- II: THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN IDEAL: -- III: THE TRIUMPH OF AN IDEAL: -- Epilogue:

9780674044012 (electronic bk.) 0674044010 (electronic bk.)


Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 329-379.
Gregory, of Nyssa, Saint, ca. 335-ca. 394.
Gregory, of Nazianzus, Saint.
John Chrysostom, Saint, d. 407.
Basile, saint, évêque de Césarée, ca 329-379.
Grégoire, de Nysse, saint, ca 335-ca 394.
Grégoire, de Nazianze, saint.
Jean Chrysostome, saint, m. 407.


Leadership--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Asceticism--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Leadership--Aspect religieux--Christianisme--Histoire des doctrines--ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Ascétisme--Histoire--ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
RELIGION--Christian Church--Leadership.
RELIGION--Leadership.
Bisschopsambt.
Ascese.
Monniken.


Electronic books.

BR195.L42 / S74 2004eb

262/.12/09015