Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-266) and index.
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1. Introduction -- 2. Classical theories of friendship -- 3. Some problems of Christian friendship -- 4. Friendship in the lives and thought of Basil and of Gregory of Nazianzus -- 5. John Chrysostom and Olympias -- 6. Synesius of Cyrene -- 7. Ambrose of Milan -- Ciceronian or Christian friendship? -- 8. St Jerome -- 9. Paulinus of Nola -- 10. Monasticism and friendship -- 11. St Augustine -- Editions, and translations of primary sources.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Nazianzus, John Chrysostom and Synesius in the Eastern Empire to Augustine, Ambrose, Jerome and Paulinus of Nola in the West, as well as in the monastic theories of Pachomius and Cassian. Two early chapters provide the background evidence for the most important Classical theories, from Homer to the Neoplatonists, and for the Biblical material which occurs most frequently in discussions of the relevance of friendship to the Christian life; some of the problems involved in.
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The confrontation between pagan and Christian ideas are thereby clarified.
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This book is a contribution to the study of pagan-Christian relations in Late Antiquity. It explores the attitudes to friendship - and in particular to the theories and sayings on the subject formulated in classical Greece and Rome - of certain eminent Christians in the century following the conversion of Constantine. Dr White investigates the role of friendship in the personal lives and in the theological and ascetic writings of these men, from Basil, Gregory of.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Friendship-- Religious aspects-- Christianity-- History of doctrines-- Early church, ca. 30-600.
Amitié-- Aspect religieux-- Christianisme-- Histoire des doctrines-- ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Amitié-- Aspect religieux-- Christianisme-- Histoire des doctrines-- 30-600 (Église primitive)
Christentum
Christianity and other religions-- Paganism-- Early Church, 30-600.
Church history-- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Église-- 30-600 (Église primitive)
Freundschaft
Friendship-- Religious aspects-- Christianity-- History of doctrines-- Early Church, 30-600.