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Repentance in late antiquity : eastern asceticism and the framing of the Christian life c. 400-650 CE /

This study provides a fresh perspective on the concept of repentance in early Christianity. Alexis Torrance focuses on writings by several ascetic theologians of the fifth to seventh centuries, and also examines texts from Scripture, early Christian treatises and homilies, apocalyptic material, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Torrance, Alexis, 1985-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Oxford theology and religion monographs.
Subjects:
Repentance > Christianity > History.
Asceticism > Christianity > History.
Christian life > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Ascétisme > Christianisme > Histoire.
Vie chrétienne > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Asceticism > Christianity
Christian life > Early church
Repentance > Christianity
Frühchristentum.
Buße.
Askese.
Ånger > religiösa aspekter.
Fornkyrkan.
30-600
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. True and false repenting : trends in the study of early Christian repentance from the reformation to the present
  • 2. Defining repentance in the Greek patristic world, Part one : Hellenistic Judaism, the New Testament, and non Judaeo-Christian Hellenistic sources
  • 3. Defining repentance in the Greek patristic world, Part two : Repentance in the early church (a re-assessment)
  • 4. Repentance in the treatises of St Mark the Monk
  • 5. Repentance in the letters of SS Barsanuphius and John of Gaza
  • 6. Repentance in the oeuvre of St John of the Ladder
  • Conclusion
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix 1 : Apocalyptic repentance in the early church
  • Appendix 2 : The penitential canons and monastic repentance.