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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Raymond Van Dam |
ISBN: | 9780812237122 0812237129 |
OCLC Number: | 912277353 |
Description: | 256 p. ; 24 cm |
Contents: | PrefaceIntroductionFATHERS AND SONS1. Adopting a Father: Basil and Basil the Elder2. "Sigh Like a Lover, Obey Like a Son": Gregory of Nazianzus and Gregory the Elder3. Forgotten Brothers4. "The Father Was Always the Father"MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS5. "Hollow Out a Stone": Nonna and Gorgonia6. Her Mother's Cloak: Emmelia and Macrina7. Was God the Father Married? Virginity and Social ExtinctionFRIENDSHIP8. "Your Soul in Your Letter": The Emotional Life of Letters9. Best of Friends: The Friends of Basil and Gregory of Nazianzus10. Worst of Friends: The Friendship of Basil and Gregory of NazianzusEpilogue: A Fourth Cappadocian FatherAbbreviationsNotesEditions and Translations1. The Cappadocian Fathers2. Ancient Authors and TextsBibliographyIndex |
Responsibility: | Raymond Van Dam. |
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Van Dam discusses 'Church Fathers' Gregory Nazianzus and his colleagues, the brothers Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nyssa in this, one of his several Cappadocian monographs. . . . Van Dam's exploration as to the extent to which the circumstances of place and family influenced these churchmen's theological stances makes for fascinating reading and should provoke fruitful debate. * <i>Choice</i> * Read more...
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