Christian women in the patristic world : their influence, authority, and legacy in the second through fifth centuries

Lynn H. Cohick and Amy Brown Hughes
Grand Rapids, Mich : Baker Academic, [2017]
xxxviii, 292 p. ; 23 cm
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  • Thecla : Christian female protomartyr and virgin of the church
  • Perpetua and Felicitas : mothers and martyrs
  • Christian women in catacomb art
  • From pagan to Christian, martyr to ascetic
  • Helena Augusta, "mother of the empire"
  • Egeria's Itinerary and Christian pilgrimage
  • Macrina the ascetic entrepreneur and the "unlearned" wisdom of Monica
  • Paula, Marcella, and the Melanias : ascetics, scholars, and compatriots in controversy
  • Aelia Pulcheria, "protectress of the empire," and Empress Eudocia, a theological poet
  • Conclusion: Responsibly remembering
  • ill.
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-277) and indexes
  • Baker Academic
  • 080103955X
  • 9780801039553
  • text
  • volume
  • unmediated
  • https://cms.trccloud.hk/opac/bib/ANpP