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9780140435269

Early Christian Lives

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  • ISBN13:

    9780140435269

  • ISBN10:

    0140435263

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1998-07-01
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics

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Written between the mid-fourth and late sixth centuries to commemorate and glorify the achievements of early Christian saints, these six biographies depict men who devoted themselves to solitude, poverty and prayer. Athanasius records Antony's extreme seclusion in the Egyptian desert, despite temptation by the devil and visits from his followers. Jerome also shows those who fled persecution or withdrew from society to pursue lives of chastity and asceticism in his accounts of Paul of Thebes, Hilarion and Malchus. In his Life of Martin, Sulpicius Severus describes the achievements of a man who combined the roles of monk, bishop and missionary, while Gregory the Great tells of Benedict, whose Rule became the template for monastic life. Full of vivid incidents and astonishing miracles, these Lives have provided inspiration as models for centuries of Christian worship.

Table of Contents

CHRONOLOGY vi(2)
MAP OF THE WORLD OF ANTONY, PAUL, HILARION, MALCHUS, MARTIN AND BENEDICT
viii(3)
GENERAL INTRODUCTION xi(34)
The Early Development of Monasticism xi(19)
The Writing of Biography: Pagan Past and Christian Future xxx(5)
Principal Primary Sources relating to Early Monasticism xxxv(3)
The Saints in Iconography xxxviii(3)
Translation Past and Present xli(4)
FURTHER READING lv
EARLY CHRISTIAN LIVES
Life of Antony by Athanasius
1(70)
Life of Paul of Thebes by Jerome
71(14)
Life of Hilarion by Jerome
85(32)
Life of Malchus by Jerome
117(12)
Life of Martin of Tours by Sulpicius Severus
129(32)
Life of Benedict by Gregory the Great
161(44)
NOTES 205

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