Authority and asceticism from Augustine to Gregory the Great /
[Book]
Conrad Leyser.
New York :
Oxford University Press,
2000.
xii, 221 pages ;
22 cm.
Oxford historical monographs
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-215) and index.
Augustine and the problem of authority -- The moral science of John Cassian -- The pastoral arts of the rhethor Pomerius -- The pure speech of Caesarius of Arles -- The anonymity of the Rule of St. Benedict -- The weakness of Gregory -- A language of power.
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When barbarians invaded the Roman Empire in the years around 400 AD, Christian monks hid their cloisters. Conrad Leyser shows that monks in the early medieval West were, in fact, pioneers in the creation of a new language of moral authority.
Asceticism-- History-- Early church, ca. 30-600.
Authority-- Religious aspects-- Christianity-- History of doctrines-- Early church, ca. 30-600.
Monasticism and religious orders-- History-- Early church, ca. 30-600.