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Women in early Christianity : translations from Greek texts / - First edition - Washington, DC The Catholic University of America Press ©2005 - xviii, 340 Pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-332) and indexes

Women's roles in the church. Teachers. Marcellina ; Melania the Younger ; Macrina ; Women, the church, and teaching -- Prophets. Disciples of Marcus ; Montanists -- Martyrs. Blandina ; Agathonicê ; Potamiaena -- Catechumens -- Widows. New Testament ; Second-century correspondence ; Third-century church rules -- Deaconesses. Writings opposed to women's ecclesiastical duties -- Women and virginity. Female comportment -- Major treatises on virginity. Methodius, The symposium ; Gregory of Nyssa, On virginity ;


Translated from the Greek

ISBN: 9780813214177 0813214173

Standard No.: 9780813214177 99810862457

LCCN: 2004018079

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA554983 bnb

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women in Christianity--History--Early church, ca. 30-600--Sources

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.
Sources.
Sources

LC Class. No.: BR195.W6 / W66 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 270.1/082