Renouncing the world yet leading the church [electronic resource] : the monk-bishop in late antiquity / Andrea Sterk.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 360 p.)ISBN: - 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
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- BR195.L42 S74 2004eb
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-350) and index.
I: BASIL OF CAESAREA AND THE EMERGENCE OF AN IDEAL: -- 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 -- II: THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN IDEAL: -- 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 -- III: THE TRIUMPH OF AN IDEAL: -- From nuisances to episcopal ideals: civil and ecclesiastical legislation -- Normalizing the model: the Fifth-Century church histories -- The broadening appeal: monastic and hagiographical literature -- Epilogue: The legacy of the monk-bishop in the Byzanine world.