Basil of Caesarea (eBook)

Philip Rousseau (Autor)

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2023
432 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-92106-1 (ISBN)

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Basil of Caesarea is thought of most often as an opponent of heresy and a pioneer of monastic life in the eastern church. In this new biographical study, however, controversy is no longer seen as the central preoccupation of his life nor are his ascetic initiatives viewed as separable from his pastoral concern for all Christians. Basil's letters, sermons, and theological treatises, together with the testimonies of his relatives and friends, reveal a man beset by doubt. He demanded loyalty, but gave it also, and made it a central feature of his church. In Rousseau's portrait, Basil's understanding of human nature emerges as his major legacy.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.9.2023
• Reihe/Serie: Transformation of the Classical Heritage
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte / Antike
• Schlagworte: Basil of Caesarea • Biography • Bishop • Christianity • communal monasticism • Community life • Doctor of the Church • Early Christian Church • Eastern Catholic Church • Eastern Christianity • Eastern Church • Eastern Orthodox Church • fourth century christian history • great hierarch • Heresy • Human nature • liturgical prayer • Loyalty • manual labor • Monastic life • Nicene Creed • revealer of heavenly mysteries • saint basil the great • Theologian • Theology • transformation of the classical heritage
• ISBN-10: 0-520-92106-2 / 0520921062
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-92106-1 / 9780520921061