Christian Women in the Patristic World: Their Influence, by Lynn H. Cohick,Amy Brown Hughes

By Lynn H. Cohick,Amy Brown Hughes

From dealing with wild beasts within the area to governing the Roman Empire, Christian women--as preachers and philosophers, martyrs and empresses, virgins and mothers--influenced the form of the church in its formative centuries. This ebook presents in one quantity an almost whole compendium of extant proof approximately Christian ladies within the moment via 5th centuries. It highlights the social and theological contributions they made to shaping early Christian ideals and practices, integrating their impact into the background of the patristic church and displaying how their achievements might be edifying for modern Christians.

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