Gregory the Great ascetic, pastor, and first man of Rome /

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In this collection of essays, Gregory the Great emerges as a figure both interpreting and interpreted: interpreting the past; receiving, synthesizing, and developing the teachings of earlier writers; and, by this very process, presenting a persuasive theological and pastoral agenda which itself insp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Demacopoulos, George E.
Otros Autores: Muse, Project
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] University of Notre Dame Press, 2015.
Temas:
Gregory > I, > Pope, > approximately 540-604.
Gregory > I, > Pope, > approximately 540-604
Gregor > I. > Papst > 542-604
RELIGION > Christian Church > History.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Biografie.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1. Gregory as ascetic theologian
  • A theology of asceticism
  • Fall, redemption, and the ascetic's filter
  • Ecclesiology and the rhetoric of episcopal equality
  • Some mystical attributes of Gregory's ascetic theology
  • part 2. Gregory as pastoral theologian
  • The importance of spiritual leadership
  • The recruitment of leaders
  • The tasks of the spiritual leader
  • The impediments to effective leadership
  • Part 3. Gregory as "first man" of Rome
  • The Rome of Gregory's imagination
  • Ever the praefect: Gregory's "secular" responsibilities
  • Gregory's ascetic program and its opponents
  • Prefect of the Roman church
  • Spreading Christianity beyond the Roman world
  • The steward of Peter's tomb
  • Conclusion: The apostolic steward.

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