Heaven's purge : purgatory in late antiquity /

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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 infor...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Moreira, Isabel
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
30-600
Purgatory > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Eschatology.
Fegefeuer
Frühchristentum
Christendom.
Vagevuur.
Fegefeuer.
Frühchristentum.
Skärselden.
Fornkyrkan.
Dogmatik > historia.
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Table of Contents:
  • Purgatory in early Christian and patristic thought
  • Of sons and slaves : violence and correction in the afterlife
  • O purgatorium caeleste! : purging body and soul at St. Martin's shrine
  • Purgation in the sixth and seventh centuries
  • Purgatory, penitentials, and the Irish question
  • Purgatory in Bede and Boniface
  • Missionary eschatology and the politics of certainty
  • Barbarians, law codes, and purgatory.

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