Heaven's purge : purgatory in late antiquity / Isabel Moreira.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moreira, Isabel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Purgatory--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Purgatory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book traces purgatory's roots in the texts and debates of late antiquity. Illuminating the varied perspectives on post-mortem purgation in late antiquity, Moreira challenges the conclusions of recent scholarship through an examination of the texts, communities and cultural ideas that informed purgatory's early history.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Introduction: Purgatory in Late Antiquity; 1. Purgatory in Early Christian and Patristic Thought; 2. Of Sons and Slaves: Violence and Correction in the Afterlife; 3. O Purgatorium Caeleste!: Purging Body and Soul at St. Martin's Shrine; 4. Purgation in the Sixth and Seventh Centuries; 5. Purgatory, Penitentials, and the Irish Question; 6. Purgatory in Bede and Boniface; 7. Missionary Eschatology and the Politics of Certainty; 8. Barbarians, Law Codes, and Purgatory; Conclusion; Notes; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-045372-9

0-19-937501-1

0-19-973604-9

OCLC:

922973397