Same essence, same food: nourishment, formation, and education in early Christianity -- The symbolic power of food in the Greco-Roman world -- Mother's milk as ethno-religious essence in ancient Judaism -- Ruminating on Paul's food in the second century -- Animal, vegetable, milk: Origen's dietary system -- Gregory of Nyssa at the breast of the bridegroom -- Milk without growth: Augustine and the limits of formation -- Conclusion.
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Raised on Christian milk.
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Church history-- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Food-- Religious aspects-- Christianity.
Soul-- Christianity-- History of doctrines-- Early church, ca. 30-600.