The Idea of Reform : Its Impact on Christian Thought and Action in the Age of the Fathers / Gerhart B. Ladner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ladner, Gerhart B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theology, Doctrinal--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Theology, Doctrinal.

Theology, Doctrinal--History--Early church, approximately 30-600.

Local Subjects:

Theology, Doctrinal--History--Early church, approximately 30-600.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (566 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE. VARIETIES OF RENEWAL IDEOLOGY AND THE CHRISTIAN IDEA OF REFORM

CHAPTER I. DISTINCTION OF THE IDEA OF REFORM FROM OTHER IDEAS OF RENEWAL

CHAPTER II. DEFINITION OF THE IDEA OF REFORM

PART TWO. THE EARLY CHRISTIAN IDEA OF REFORM

CHAPTER I. PRE-CHRISTIAN, BIBLICAL, AND PATRISTIC TERMINOLOGY OF RENEWAL AND REFORM

CHAPTER II. THE PAULINE IDEA OF REFORM AND RELATED SCRIPTURAL CONCEPTS

CHAPTER III. THE IDEA OF REFORM IN GREEK CHRISTIAN THOUGHT OF THE PATRISTIC PERIOD

CHAPTER IV. THE IDEA OF REFORM IN LATIN PATRISTIC THOUGHT BEFORE ST. AUGUSTINE

CHAPTER V. ST. AUGUSTINE AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE REFORM IDEAS OF THE CHRISTIAN EAST AND WEST

CHAPTER VI. THE IDEA OF REFORM IN THE EARLY CHRISTIAN LITURGY

CHAPTER VII. THE IDEA OF REFORM IN EARLY CHRISTIAN CANON LAW AND SACRAMENTAL THEOLOGY

PART THREE. MONASTICISM AS A VEHICLE OF THE CHRISTIAN IDEA OF REFORM IN THE AGE OF THE FATHERS

CHAPTER I. MONASTICISM AS THE EXEMPLARY CHRISTIAN WAY OF LIFE

CHAPTER II. MONKS, PRIESTS, CONVERSI

CHAPTER III. THE TRANSMISSION OF AUGUSTINIAN MONASTICISM TO EARLY MEDIAEVAL EUROPE

EXCURSUS I. THE DEFINITION OF AN IDEA

EXCURSUS II. METAHISTORICAL PRECONCEPTIONS

EXCURSUS III. SOME PATRISTIC DISTINCTIONS CONCERNING ETERNITY, AEVUM, AND TIME

EXCURSUS IV. POINTS OF CONTACT BETWEEN ST. AUGUSTINE AND MODERN MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE

EXCURSUS V. ST. AUGUSTINE'S ATTITUDE TO THE SOCIOECONOMIC ORDER OF HIS TIME AND A RECENT BOOK ON DONATISM

ABBREVIATIONS and BIBLIOGRAPHY

ADDENDA

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-18407-6

OCLC:

1024040985