Renouncing the World Yet Leading the Church - The Monk-Bishop in Late Antiquity

Klappentext leadership! and the church in late antiquity. Zusammenfassung In the fourth through sixth centuries! the monk-bishop became the dominant model of ecclesiastical leadership in the Eastern Roman Empire and Byzantium. Focusing on the foundational figures of Basil of Caesarea! Gregory of Nyssa! Gregory of Nazianzus! and John Chrysostom! Sterk explores the grounding for this development.

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• Autori: Andrea Sterk, Sterk Andrea
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 27.02.2004
• EAN: 9780674011892
• ISBN: 978-0-674-01189-2
• Pagine: 368
• Dimensioni: 165 mm x 241 mm x 32 mm
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Teologia pratica; Leadership, RELIGION / Eastern, RELIGION / Christianity / History, Christianity, Religion & beliefs, Religious and spiritual figures, BCE period – Protohistory, Religious communities and monasticism