Brother-making in late-Antiquity and Byzantium : monks, laymen, and Christian ritual /
"Among medieval Christian societies, Byzantium is unique in preserving the text of a church ritual for 'brother-making' (adelphopoiesis), in which two adult men are pronounced by the prayers of a priest to be 'brothers.' They are expected to remain on friendly terms, and hav...
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2016]
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| Series: | Onassis series in Hellenic culture.
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