By David Brakke
Early Christian asceticism used to be faraway from being entirely other-worldly. This new and illuminating learn of the lifestyles and considered Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria (328-73), one of many valuable figures of the church on the time, exhibits simply how deeply political ascetic theology may be within the fight to shape a united and dominant church in Egypt below the Roman Empire. The ebook contains the first-ever English translations of the unique writings of Athanasius.
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See Anne McGuire, "Virginity and Subversion: Norea Against the Powers in the Hypostasis of the Artkoni, and Antoinette Clark Wire, 'The Social Functions of Women's Asceticism in the Roman East', in K. L. ), images of the Feminine in Gnosticism (Philadelphia, 1988), 239-58, 308-23. René Metz, La Consécration des vierges dans Céglise romaine (Paris, 1954), 41-76. The notable exception is Carthage, for which the writings of Tertulhan and Cyprian provide some information. Hugo Koch (ed. ), Quellen zur Geschichte der Askese und des Monchtums in der alien Kirche (Tubingen, 1933), 38-9.
Elm, 'Organization and Institutions', 119; Fox, Pagans and Christians, 368-9; Castelli, 'Virginity and its Meaning', 83-4. a • Ep. virg. ). Ep. virg. l Virginity and Ecclesiastical Politics 55 survive among the Egyptian papyri. Although these women were certainly Christians, there is no unambiguous evidence that they formed an ascetic community' other than their reference to themselves as 'the sisters'. In any case, the women who wrote these letters bought and sold wine, food, and clothing in transactions that involved impressive amounts of money.
Griffiths, 'A Note on Monasticism and Nationalism in the Egypt of Athanasius', SP 16 (1975), 24-6*. B 79 Introduction *5 study ascetic works attributed to Athanasius that previous scholars have seldom used (primarily because, for circumstantial reasons, they have survived not in Greek, Athanasius own literary language, but in such languages as Coptic and Syriac). Some of these Athanasian writings are presented in English translation for the first time in the Appendix to this book. , a cultural gap that Athanasius is then seen to bridge.
