Death of the Desert

"In the late fourth century, the world of Christianity was torn apart by debate over the teachings of the third-century theologian Origen and his positions on the incorporeality of God. In the year 400, Archbishop Theophilus of Alexandria convened a council declaring Origen's later followers as heretics. Shortly thereafter, he banished the so-called "Tall Brothers," four Origenist monks who led monastic communities in the western Egyptian Desert, along with hundreds of their brethren. In Death of the Desert, Christine Luckritz Marquis offers a fresh examination of this critical event in Christian history and brings into dialogue narrative strands that have largely been separated in the scholarly tradition"--

About the author

Christine Luckritz Marquis is Associate Professor of Church History at Union Presbyterian Seminary.

Product details

• Authors: Christine Luckritz Marquis, Christine Luckritz Marquis
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9780812253627
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-5362-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion; Divinations: Rereading Late An
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works