Demons and the making of the monk : spiritual combat in early Christianity /

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Demons--whether in embodied form or as inward temptation--make vivid appearances in early Christian monastic literature. In this finely written study of demonology and Christian spirituality in fourth- and fifth-century Egypt, David Brakke examines how the conception of the monk as a holy and virtuo...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brakke, David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©2006.
Subjects:
To 1500
Monastic and religious life > Egypt > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Demonology > Egypt > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Spiritual warfare > Egypt > History > To 1500.
Vie religieuse et monastique > Égypte > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Démonologie > Égypte > Enseignement patristique.
Combat spirituel > Égypte > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1500.
RELIGION > Institutions & Organizations.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
Monastic and religious life > Early church
Spiritual warfare
Egypt
History
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