From Their Lips : Voices of Early Christian Women / VK McCarty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCarty, VK, Author.

Series:

Gorgias Handbooks ; 53

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian women saints--Biography.

Christian women saints.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 p.)

Place of Publication:

Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The Eastern Church venerates among its saints several Early Christian women whose teaching and wisdom contribute to the depth of our theological heritage. Their inspired voices can be heard at work witnessing: in the New Testament, in the early centuries of the Church Fathers and throughout the Byzantine era. Readers will find this volume bringing female leaders from the Early Church to life from the traditional ancient sources and sharing their experience of the presence of God. Their remembered advice to followers still illuminates issues of faith and justice which bind us together as Christians today.

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION

I. EARLY VOICES, EARLY WOMEN’S MINISTRY

CHAPTER I.1 LYDIA: SPEAKING UP TO THE APOSTLES

CHAPTER I.2 THE VOICE OF ST. THEKLA: INWARDLY TUNED BY GOD1

CHAPTER I.3 QUEEN TRYPHAENA: THE LORD’S REFUGE IN HOSPITALITY

CHAPTER I.4 PERPETUA’S STORY IN HER OWN WORDS: HOPE FACING MARTYRDOM

II. THE LONG BYZANTINE HYMN OF PRAISE

CHAPTER II.1 ST. HELENA: BECOMING A CHRISTIAN ROMAN EMPRESS

CHAPTER II.2 DIVINE FIRE: THE MYSTIC ST. SYNCLETICA SPEAKS

CHAPTER II.3 ST. MACRINA: TEACHING GREGORY OF NYSSA ON THE PROGRESS OF THE SOUL

CHAPTER II.4 THE DEACONESS OLYMPIAS: SOULMATE OF ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM

CHAPTER II.5 THE HYMNOGRAPHER KASSIA: CHANTING THE INCARNATION

III. NEW THEKLAS AND NEW HELENAS

CHAPTER III.1 EMPRESSES SPEAK OF PHILANTHROPIA: FOLLOWING THE COMMAND OF CHRIST

CHAPTER III.2 ANNA KOMNENE’S ALEXIAD: THE VOICE OF THE GOOD DAUGHTER (KALE THUGATER)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDICES

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Jun 2021)

ISBN:

1-4632-4256-5

OCLC:

1257324548