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

From facing wild beasts in the arena to governing the Roman Empire, Christian women--as preachers and philosophers, martyrs and empresses, virgins and mothers -- influenced the shape of the church in its formative centuries. This book provides in a single volume a nearly complete compendium of... Full description

Main Author:	Cohick, Lynn H.
Other Authors:	Hughes, Amy Brown.
Published:	Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, 2017
Subjects:	WOMEN IN CHRISTIANITY - EARLY CHURCH.
Online Access:	Full text - Book opens through link in DTL
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Table of Contents:

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.

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

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