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Forms of devotion : conversion, worship, spirituality, and asceticism / edited with an introduction by Everett Ferguson.

Contributor(s): Ferguson, Everett, 1933-
Material type: TextTextSeries: Recent studies in early Christianity: 5.Publisher: New York : Garland Pub., 1999Description: xii, 324 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0815330723 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Christian life -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600DDC classification: 270.1 LOC classification: BR195.C5 | F67 1999Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Conversion and Salvation in the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles / Eugene V. Gallagher -- The "Catechetical" School of Early Christian Alexandria and Its Philonic Heritage / Annewies van den Hoek -- Justification by Faith in Augustine and Origen / C. P. Bammel -- Baptism Portrayed as Martyrdom in the Early Church / Gordon Jeanes -- On Rebaptism : Social Organization in the Third Century Church / J. Patout Burns -- Ulfila's Own Conversion / Hagith Sivan -- The Prayer of the Heart in Syriac Tradition / Sebastian Brock -- The Spirituality of Chrysostom's Commentary on the Psalms / Robert C. Hill -- Augustine's Distinctive Use of the Psalms in the Confessions : The Role of Music and Recitation / Paul Burns -- Martyr Devotion in the Alexandrian School : Origen to Athanasius / John Anthony McGuckin -- How on Earth Could Places Become Holy? Origins of the Christian Idea of Holy Places / R. A. Markus -- Exegesis and Spirituality in the Writings of Gregory the Great / Grover A. Zinn, Jr. -- The Origins of Monasticism / James E. Goehring -- Withdrawing from the Desert : Pachomius and the Development of Village Monasticism in Upper Egypt / James E. Goehring -- New Perspectives on the Origenist Controversy : Human Embodiment and Ascetic Strategies / Elizabeth A. Clark -- Evagrius of Pontus' "Letter to Melania" I / M. Parmentier -- Monastic Journey According to John Cassian / Columba Stewart.

"Articles written during the last decade"--Series introduction.

Includes bibliographical references.

Conversion and Salvation in the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles / Eugene V. Gallagher -- The "Catechetical" School of Early Christian Alexandria and Its Philonic Heritage / Annewies van den Hoek -- Justification by Faith in Augustine and Origen / C. P. Bammel -- Baptism Portrayed as Martyrdom in the Early Church / Gordon Jeanes -- On Rebaptism : Social Organization in the Third Century Church / J. Patout Burns -- Ulfila's Own Conversion / Hagith Sivan -- The Prayer of the Heart in Syriac Tradition / Sebastian Brock -- The Spirituality of Chrysostom's Commentary on the Psalms / Robert C. Hill -- Augustine's Distinctive Use of the Psalms in the Confessions : The Role of Music and Recitation / Paul Burns -- Martyr Devotion in the Alexandrian School : Origen to Athanasius / John Anthony McGuckin -- How on Earth Could Places Become Holy? Origins of the Christian Idea of Holy Places / R. A. Markus -- Exegesis and Spirituality in the Writings of Gregory the Great / Grover A. Zinn, Jr. -- The Origins of Monasticism / James E. Goehring -- Withdrawing from the Desert : Pachomius and the Development of Village Monasticism in Upper Egypt / James E. Goehring -- New Perspectives on the Origenist Controversy : Human Embodiment and Ascetic Strategies / Elizabeth A. Clark -- Evagrius of Pontus' "Letter to Melania" I / M. Parmentier -- Monastic Journey According to John Cassian / Columba Stewart.

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