The Witness Of Early Christian Women
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Author | : Mike Aquilina |
Publisher | : Our Sunday Visitor |
Total Pages | : 126 |
Release | : 2014-04-22 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1612783708 |
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Meet the heroines of Christianity's formative years! The Witness of Early Christian Women: Mothers of the Church demonstrates the radical nature of Christianity's understanding of women and their roles, especially in a pagan society that viewed them as little more than property. The variety of women here is striking: poor widows, consecrated virgins, heroic martyrs, but also businesswomen, the wealthy, and an indomitable traveler on a world tour. Each chapter features a concise biography accompanied by writings from the early Church about the woman in question. The Mothers of the Church include: Holy Women of the New Testament St. Blandina St. Perpetua and St. Felicity St. Helena St. Thecla St. Agnes of Rome St. Macrina Proba the Widow St. Marcella St. Paula St. Eustochium St. Monica Egeria the Tourist Explore the impact of each of these women on the Church, then and now. Their stories will enthrall you. Their writings will inspire you. Their witness will empower you.
Author | : Mike Aquilina |
Publisher | : Our Sunday Visitor |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Women in Christianity |
ISBN | : 9781612785622 |
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Mothers of the Church: The Witness of Early Christian Women will reinforce Catholics understanding of the part played by women in the early Church. Drawing upon a wide spectrum of sources, it illustrates the many kinds of women that left their mark on sacred history by responding to God s call. Whether they were martyrs, abbesses, mothers, desert solitaries, or managers of large family businesses, these women s stories will encourage you and deepen your faith. Each chapter features a concise biography that is supplemented by quotes from the Fathers writings concerning the woman in question, poetry concerning her, and other ancient testimonials. The Mothers of the Church include: Holy Women of the New Testament --St. Blandina --St. Perpetua and St. Felicity --St. Helena --St. Thecla --St. Agnes of Rome --St. Macrina --Proba the Widow --St. Marcella --St. Paula --St. Eustochium --St. Monica --Egeria the Tourist
Author | : Mike Aquilina |
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Release | : 2012 |
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ISBN | : 9781306067966 |
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Author | : Ute E. Eisen |
Publisher | : Liturgical Press |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780814659502 |
Download Women Officeholders in Early Christianity Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Here Ute E. Eisen provides a scholarly investigation of the evidence that women held offices of authority in the first centuries of Christianity. Topics include apostles, prophets, theological teachers, presbyters, enrolled widows, deacons, bishops, and oikonomae. The book concludes with a chapter on "source-oriented perspectives for a history of Christian women in official positions."
Author | : Carolinne White |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 335 |
Release | : 2010-01-28 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0141943378 |
Download Lives of Roman Christian Women Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
'Perpetua shouted out with joy as the sword pierced her, for she wanted to taste some of the pain and she even guided the hesitant hand of the trainee gladiator towards her own throat' Lives of Roman Christian Women is a unique collection of letters and documents from the third to the fifth centuries, celebrating Christian women from across the Roman Empire. During a crucial period in which Christianity transformed from a persecuted faith to the official religion of the Empire, these writings reveal the women who chose to dedicate their lives to Christ, by embracing martyrdom or by adopting a life of poverty and prayer, renouncing not only wealth but also their duties as wives and mothers.
Author | : Paula Fredriksen |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2008-10-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0300164106 |
Download From Jesus to Christ Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
"Magisterial. . . . A learned, brilliant and enjoyable study."—Géza Vermès, Times Literary Supplement In this exciting book, Paula Fredriksen explains the variety of New Testament images of Jesus by exploring the ways that the new Christian communities interpreted his mission and message in light of the delay of the Kingdom he had preached. This edition includes an introduction reviews the most recent scholarship on Jesus and its implications for both history and theology. "Brilliant and lucidly written, full of original and fascinating insights."—Reginald H. Fuller, Journal of the American Academy of Religion "This is a first-rate work of a first-rate historian."—James D. Tabor, Journal of Religion "Fredriksen confronts her documents—principally the writings of the New Testament—as an archaeologist would an especially rich complex site. With great care she distinguishes the literary images from historical fact. As she does so, she explains the images of Jesus in terms of the strategies and purposes of the writers Paul, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John."—Thomas D’Evelyn, Christian Science Monitor
Author | : Ally Kateusz |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2019-02-18 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 3030111113 |
Download Mary and Early Christian Women Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This book is open access under a CC BY-NC-ND license. This book reveals exciting early Christian evidence that Mary was remembered as a powerful role model for women leaders—women apostles, baptizers, and presiders at the ritual meal. Early Christian art portrays Mary and other women clergy serving as deacon, presbyter/priest, and bishop. In addition, the two oldest surviving artifacts to depict people at an altar table inside a real church depict women and men in a gender-parallel liturgy inside two of the most important churches in Christendom—Old Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome and the second Hagia Sophia in Constantinople. Dr. Kateusz’s research brings to light centuries of censorship, both ancient and modern, and debunks the modern imagination that from the beginning only men were apostles and clergy.
Author | : Karen J. Torjesen |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1995-04-15 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0060686618 |
Download When Women Were Priests Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This landmark book reveals not only that women were priests, bishops, and prophets in early Christianity, but also how and why they were then suppressed.
Author | : Lynn Cohick |
Publisher | : Baker Academic |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2009-11-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1441207996 |
Download Women in the World of the Earliest Christians Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Lynn Cohick provides an accurate and fulsome picture of the earliest Christian women by examining a wide variety of first-century Jewish and Greco-Roman documents that illuminate their lives. She organizes the book around three major spheres of life: family, religious community, and society in general. Cohick shows that although women during this period were active at all levels within their religious communities, their influence was not always identified by leadership titles nor did their gender always determine their level of participation. The book corrects our understanding of early Christian women by offering an authentic and descriptive historical picture of their lives. Includes black-and-white illustrations from the ancient world.
Author | : Christine Schenk |
Publisher | : Fortress Press |
Total Pages | : 479 |
Release | : 2017-12-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1506411894 |
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Cripina and Her Sisters explores visual imagery found on burial artifacts of prominent early Christian women. It carefully situates the tomb art within the cultural context of customary Roman commemorations of the dead and provides an in-depth review of women‘s history in the first four centuries of Christianity. From this, a fascinating picture emerges of women‘s authority in the early church--a picture either not readily available or recognized, or even sadly distorted in the written history.