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.

书目详细资料
主要作者: Caner, Daniel
格式: Licensed eBooks
语言:英语
出版: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press 2002.
丛编:Transformation of the classical heritage ; 33.
在线阅读:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pnhsj