| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 325 pages) : map |
| Series |
Transformation of the classical heritage ; 33 |
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Transformation of the classical heritage ; 33.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Wandering in the Desert and the Virtues of Manual Labor -- Xeniteia in the Desert -- Stories of the Wandering Pioneers -- Settling the Desert -- Wandering in Dejection and the Solace of Manual Labor -- Wandering and Sustenance in the Desert -- Wandering and Communal Stability in the Desert -- Apostolic Wanderers of Third-Century Syria -- An Apostolic Paradigm for Ascetic Wanderers: The Acts of Thomas -- A Manual for Apostolic Wanderers: Pseudo-Clement's Letters to Virgins -- The Continuing Influence of the Apostolic Paradigm -- In Support of "People Who Pray": Apostolic Monasticism and the Messalian Controversy -- The Evolution of the Messalian Profile -- Toward a Broader Definition of the Messalian Controversy -- Conflicting Assumptions of Orthodox Monastic Practice in the East -- Conflicting Assumptions of Orthodox Monastic Practice in the West -- Apostle and Heretic: The Controversial Career of Alexander the Sleepless -- Alexander the Apostolic Man -- Alexander the Heretic -- Spiritual Authority and the Messalian Controversy -- Hypocrites and Pseudomonks: Beggars, Bishops, and Ascetic Teachers in Cities of the Early Fifth Century -- Beggars at the Gates -- John Chrysostom and the Christmongers of Constantinople -- Nilus and the Ascetic Parasites of Ancyra -- John Chrysostom and the Monks of Constantinople -- Monastic Patronage and Social Mobility -- Monastic Patronage and the Two Churches of Constantinople -- Dalmatius and Ascetic Enthusiasts in the Downfall of Nestorius -- Eutyches and the Circumcellions of Constantinople -- Toward a New Era in Church and Monastic Relations -- Epilogue -- App The Life of Alexander Akoimetos -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
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 |
| Analysis |
Teologi Teologi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-309) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Monastic and religious life -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
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Messalians.
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RELIGION -- Institutions & Organizations.
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RELIGION -- Antiquities & Archaeology.
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Messalians
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Monastic and religious life -- Early church
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780520928503 |
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0520928504 |
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141752331X |
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9781417523313 |
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1597349844 |
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9781597349840 |
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9780520233249 |
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0520233247 |
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