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Gruesome Deaths and Celibate Lives
Aideen M. Hartney
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Description for Gruesome Deaths and Celibate Lives
Paperback. From the ranks of the early Christian faithful emerged colourful personalities who seized the imagination and held the attention of the rest of their community. This book provides an introduction to these remarkable figures and the thinking behind their actions. Series: Bristol Phoenix Press Greece and Rome Live. Num Pages: 164 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: HRC. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (EJ) Primary; (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 208.
From the ranks of the early Christian faithful emerged colourful personalities who seized the imagination and held the attention of the rest of their community. This they achieved either by their readiness in times of persecution to die for their faith as martyrs or by their sometimes extravagant efforts to subsume their physical desires and needs to spiritual ends as ascetics. Their actions not only inspired contemporaries; they played a key role in the development of the Christian faith and the organisation of the Church. Intriguing in themselves because of their often extreme behaviour, they remain venerated figures in the ... Read more
From the ranks of the early Christian faithful emerged colourful personalities who seized the imagination and held the attention of the rest of their community. This they achieved either by their readiness in times of persecution to die for their faith as martyrs or by their sometimes extravagant efforts to subsume their physical desires and needs to spiritual ends as ascetics. Their actions not only inspired contemporaries; they played a key role in the development of the Christian faith and the organisation of the Church. Intriguing in themselves because of their often extreme behaviour, they remain venerated figures in the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
Series
Bristol Phoenix Press Greece and Rome Live
Number of Pages
164
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904675136
SKU
V9781904675136
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About Aideen M. Hartney
Aideen M. Hartney studied at University College Dublin and the University of Liverpool. She has taught in the University of Bristol and is author of Transformation of the City: the Preaching of John Chrysostom (2003).
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