Early Christian Lives

Informationen zum Autor Translated, Edited, and with an Introcution by Carolinne White Klappentext Written between the mid-fourth and late sixth centuries to commemorate and glorify the achievements of early Christian saints, these six biographies depict men who devoted themselves to solitude, poverty and prayer. Athanasius records Antony's extreme seclusion in the Egyptian desert, despite temptation by the devil and visits from his followers. Jerome also shows those who fled persecution or withdrew from society to pursue lives of chastity and asceticism in his accounts of Paul of Thebes, Hilarion and Malchus. In his Life of Martin, Sulpicius Severus describes the achievements of a man who combined the roles of monk, bishop and missionary, while Gregory the Great tells of Benedict, whose Rule became the template for monastic life. Full of vivid incidents and astonishing miracles, these Lives have provided inspiration as models for centuries of Christian worship. Zusammenfassung This selection of early saints' lives, full of vivid incidents and astonishing miracles, consists of classics of hagiography that were all written in the second half of the 4th century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chronology Map of the World of Antony, Paul, Hilarion, Malchus, Martin and Benedict General Introduction: The Early Development of Monasticism The Writing of Biography: Pagan Past and Christian Future Principal Primary Sources relating to Early Monasticism The Saints in Iconography Translation Past and Present Further Reading Early Christian Lives Life of Antony by Athanasius Life of Paul of Thebes by Jerome Life of Hilarion by Jerome Life of Malchus by Jerome Life of Martin of Tours by Sulpicius Severus Life of Benedict by Gregory the Great Notes

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Athanasius, St. Athanasius, Gregory, Gregory the Great, Hilarion, Jerome, Jerome Jerome, John Jerome, Sulpicius Severus, Carolinne White
• Mitarbeit: Carolinne White (Herausgeber), Carolinne White (Einführung), Carolinne White (Übersetzung)
• Verlag: Penguin Books USA
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.07.1998
• EAN: 9780140435269
• ISBN: 978-0-14-043526-9
• Seiten: 288
• Abmessung: 130 mm x 195 mm x 15 mm
• Serien: Penguin Classics; Penguin Classics
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Christentum; HISTORY / Ancient / General, RELIGION / Christianity / Saints & Sainthood, Theology, Christian theology, History of Religion, Biography: religious & spiritual, Biography: religious and spiritual