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1 online resource (viii, 360 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-350) and index. |
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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 -- Broadening appeal: monastic and hagiographical literature -- Epilogue: Legacy of the monk-bishop in the Byzanine world. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379.
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Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379. |
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Gregory, of Nyssa, Saint, approximately 335-approximately 394.
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Gregory, of Nyssa, Saint, approximately 335-approximately 394. |
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Gregory, of Nazianzus, Saint.
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Gregory, of Nazianzus, Saint. |
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John Chrysostom, Saint, -407.
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John Chrysostom, Saint, -407. |
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Basil, approximately 329-379 Saint, Bishop of Caesarea. |
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Gregory, approximately 335-approximately 394 of Nyssa, Saint. |
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Gregory, of Nazianzus, Saint. |
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John Chrysostom, -407 Saint. |
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Basile, saint, évêque de Césarée, approximately 329-379. |
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Grégoire, de Nysse, saint, approximately 335-approximately 394. |
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Grégoire, de Nazianze, saint. |
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Jean Chrysostome, saint, m. 407. |
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Leadership -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
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Asceticism -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Sterk, Andrea. Renouncing the world yet leading the church. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004 0674011899 9780674011892 (DLC) 2003056717 (OCoLC)52858487 |
| ISBN |
9780674044012 (electronic book) |
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0674044010 (electronic book) |
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9780674011892 (alkaline paper) |
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0674011899 (alkaline paper) |
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0674011899 (alkaline paper) |
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