Wandering, begging monks : spiritual authority and the promotion of monasticism in late antiquity /

An apostolic lifestyle characterized by total material renunciation, homelessness, and begging was practiced by monks throughout the Roman Empire in the 4th and 5th centuries. This study explores this type of Christian poverty and the challenge it posed for episcopal authority.

Chi tiết về thư mục
Tác giả chính: Caner, Daniel
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press 2002.
Loạt:Transformation of the classical heritage ; 33.
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pnhsj
Miêu tả
Tóm tắt:An apostolic lifestyle characterized by total material renunciation, homelessness, and begging was practiced by monks throughout the Roman Empire in the 4th and 5th centuries. This study explores this type of Christian poverty and the challenge it posed for episcopal authority.
Mô tả vật lý:1 online resource (xiv, 325 pages) : map
Thư mục:Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-309) and index.
số ISBN:9780520928503
0520928504
141752331X
9781417523313
1597349844
9781597349840
9780520233249
0520233247