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Cummins, Stephen Anthony. "Historical conflict and soteriological reflection : an exegesis of 1 Thessalonians 2:13-16 with particular reference to 1 Thessalonians and Romans 9-11." Thesis, McGill University, 1988. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=63955.

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Isaak, Jonathan M. "Situating the 'Letter to the Hebrews' in early Christian history." Thesis, McGill University, 1999. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=36615.

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The early Christian text known as the 'Letter to the Hebrews' has presented a riddle to scholarship. Its anonymity and anomalous form are puzzling. Scholars like Norman Perrin and Barnabas Lindars also-find Hebrews enigmatic because it does not appear to represent the views of any early Christian community.<br>This thesis contends that the riddle of Hebrews' lack of community-fit is due to a conceptual flaw. Beginning with Franz Overbeck (1882), there has been a tendency to assess early Christian texts as nonliterary, unlike later Patristic texts. Deemed nonliterary, they are thereby thought t

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Maier, Harry O. "The social setting of the ministry as reflected in the writings of Hermas, Clement and Ignatius." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1987. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:5923c947-c87e-4f5e-a97b-1778e5b024f9.

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Rather than the expression of mystical Je^ire tor unity with God, Ignatius' letters are interpreted (using Weber's charismatic type) as the efforts of an 3 ut ho r-ity using his extraordinary position to protect communities from divisive house-church meetings. Protection from false teaching was initiated by reinforcing the position of bishops (the hosts of the common euchanstic assembly).

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Carroll, Jason Scot, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Arts and Science. "Reconstructing celibacy : sexual renunciation in the first three centuries of the early church." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2007, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/534.

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This thesis explores the philosophical and theological motivations for early Christian celibacy prior to the appearance of monasticism. This thesis will challenge recent scholarly positions that portray early Christian celibacy only in light of the emergence of monasticism in the fourth century, and which argue that celibacy as an ascetic practice was motivated primarily by resistance to the dominant social structures of antiquity. The practice of celibacy was a significant movement in the early church well before the appearance of monasticism or the development of Christianity as the dominant

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Pignot, Matthieu. "The catechumenate in late antique Africa : Augustine of Hippo, his contemporaries and early reception (ca. 360-530 AD)." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2016. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:52282a58-7163-40a2-ba9b-632d582debeb.

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In the late antique West, every individual becoming Christian first entered the community as a catechumen (catechumenus). Many spent several years in this status called the catechumenate, only ending with baptism and the acquisition of the membership of the faithful (fideles). This thesis considers the catechumenate not only as an initiation but as a peculiar way of being Christian. It demonstrates the fluid nature of Christian membership and shows how clerics strove to develop their authority over catechumens to build a cohesive community in a context of rivalry between churches and polemical

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Zakarian, David. "The representation of women in early Christian literature : Armenian texts of the fifth century." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:8853f6e0-060d-4366-89ab-945584bf2029.

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In recent decades there has been a growing scholarly interest in the representation of women in early Christian texts, with the works of Greek and Latin authors being the primary focus. This dissertation makes an important contribution to the existing scholarship by examining the representation of Armenian women in the fifth-century Christian narratives, which have been instrumental in forging the Christian identity and worldview of the Armenian people. The texts that are discussed here were written exclusively by clerics whose way of thinking was considerably influenced by the religious teach

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Laffer, Ken. "The alleged persecution of the Roman Christians by the emperor Domitian." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2005. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/639.

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This thesis examines the traditional view of Domitian 's reign, particularly as it relates to his alleged persecution of Roman Christians. In the light of recent revisionist studies, which offer alternative views, this alleged persecution needs to be reassessed. In order to reevaluate this topic, it will be necessary to examine the opinions of the traditionalists and the revisionists, argued from the pagan primary sources together with views expressed in Christian primary and secondary sources. The study of the development of the Domitianic tradition, which involves accounts from a variety of

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Kim, Kyu Seop. "The firstborn son in ancient Judaism and early Christianity : a study of primogeniture and Christology." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2015. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=228200.

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Image, Isabella Christine. "The anthropology of Hilary of Poitiers." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:4ccc22e2-5831-47b6-9413-9dac5b77ca3f.

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This thesis examines the theology of the fourth-century bishop, Hilary of Poitiers, concentrating particularly on two commentaries written at different times in his life. The thesis starts by examining the texts, and demonstrates that Hilary's commentary on Psalm 118 is loosely speaking a translation of Origen; by comparing both authors with Ambrose, the relationship between Origen and Hilary appears much closer than previously thought. The main body of the thesis examines Hilary's anthropological theology. Three chapters look at created human nature, looking at the relationship between body a

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Hollis, Hilda. "The phrase "God is one" in the New Testament : a study of Romans 3:30, Galatians 3:20, and James 2:19." Thesis, McGill University, 1985. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=63325.

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Klink, Edward W. "The sheep of the fold : a critical assessment of the audience and origin of the Gospel of John." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/13420.

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The common template in Gospel scholarship places the key hermeneutical principle for interpretation as the quest for the community that each Gospel represents. At present the study of the Gospel text is almost a secondary concern; the primary effort is spent attempting to unveil the Gospel "community" which, it is claimed, is to be found within the collection of Jesus material we call a Gospel. In light of the Gospel community debate, this thesis will argue that such a hermeneutical approach is both internally inconsistent and does not match well with external data. By attempting to provide fu

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Ginn, Craig W. C., and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Arts and Science. "Prestige of the bishop in Eusebius' Ecclesiastical history." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 1999, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/95.

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The Ecclesiastical History is the primary historical source of the Christian Church in the pre-Constantinian era. The History narrates the nature and work of Christ, the highlights of the apostolic age and the advancement of the Christian Church in the Roman Empire up to the principate of Constantine. Investigating the Ecclesiastical History using a quantitative method reveals Eusebius' preoccupation with the office of the bishop. There is almost no subject that Eusebius addresses that does not reflect his portrayal of the bishop's influence and universal presence. This thesis demonstrates the

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Humphries, Mark. "Communities of the blessed : the origins and development of regional churches in Northern Italy, c.250-381 C.E." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/2633.

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This thesis argues that the origins and evolution of Christian communities in Northern Italy between c. 250 and 381 are comprehensible only within the region's social environment. Whereas previous studies of early Christianity in Italy have sought to explain its origins in terms of modern diocesan structures, this thesis shows that the evidence for this view is untrustworthy and that a new methodology is needed to explain the rise of the church. To this end, the thesis describes the 'north Italian human environment', which consists not just of the physical landscape, but of the social networks

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Hager, Conroy Kathryn. "Shifting foundations : understanding the relationship between John Cassian and Evagrius Ponticus." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:aa7bc2cd-bdaf-4a46-aabc-ed601a7044d6.

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John Cassian is an Eastern-educated monk writing in the early fifth century for the monks of Gaul and is crucial to the development of Western monasticism through the transmission of Greek ascetic ideas to the Latin West. He is heavily influenced by the teachings of Evagrius Ponticus, a prolific late fourth-century Egyptian monk crucial to the development of Christian mysticism; however, there has been no clear line drawn between the influence of Evagrius and Cassian's own originality. While Cassian uses Evagrian asceticism to the fullest, he nevertheless places it onto a divergent theological

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Taylor, Daniel Cornelius. "The dynamics of 'perfect love' in a Christian community." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683297.

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Goodyer, Edward Arthur. "Baptism in the scheme of salvation as understood by St. Luke with special reference to Acts 2:37-3:21." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018219.

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The aim of this thesis is to investigate what can be discovered from Luke-Acts about early Christian baptism, recognising that the environment in which Luke's tradition developed was both Jewish and Gentile. The thesis begins with a brief survey of the Jewish practice of ritual washings. The ideas and practices which encouraged the formal rite of John the Baptist and the early church are identified and evaluated. The second chapter focuses attention on Acts 2:37-3:21. Baptism is defined in this passage (Ac. 2:38) in the context of the proclamation by Peter (Ac. 2:14-36) and the life of the com

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Pollett, Shawn J. "Teaching time : the concept of time in the sermons of Latin Christianity, A.D. 354-505." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/13721.

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Learning about time was part of the indoctrination of Christians in the late antique West. Time played an important role in Scripture and also in the pagan milieu from which most catechumens came. Thus, bishops were required to explain to their flocks traditional Christian concepts of time, while at the same time refute unacceptable ideas concerning time (i.e., astrology, pagan festivities), which were normally an ingrained part of the late Roman mind-set. The sermon was the predominant means of communicating these ideas. Chapters one and two begin by establishing the boundaries of time (Creat

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Cook, James Daniel. "Preaching and Christianization : reading the sermons of John Chrysostom." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2016. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:cd60a862-b0f7-49ae-a600-74ad7f3368d0.

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The rise of Late Antiquity as a separate discipline, with its focus on social history, has meant that the vast homiletic corpus of John Chrysostom has received renewed attention as a source for the wider cultural and historical context within which his sermons were preached. Recent studies have demonstrated the exciting potential his sermons have to shed light on aspects of daily life, popular attitudes and practices of lay piety. In short, Chrysostom's sermons have been recognised as a valuable source for the study of 'popular Christianity' and the extent of Christianization at the end of the

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LeMarquand, Grant. "The torn veil in the synoptic gospels /." Thesis, McGill University, 1988. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=63979.

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Martin, Thomas William. "Eschatology, history and mission in the social experience of Lucan Christians : a sociological study of the relationship between ideas and social realities in Luke-Acts." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1986. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:5b810610-b745-4135-8f82-dccbada009d7.

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The subject of this thesis is the relationship between eschatology and history in the Christian community for which Luke-Acts was written. Chapter 1 formulates the problem in terms of Luke's eschatology. It argues that Luke and his community thought of the End as 'near' and that Luke's historical perspective affected his eschatology. Luke-Acts represents a community that held a relevant eschatological hope and was aware of continuing history. This is the interpretive problem this thesis seeks to enlighten. The perspective to be used in approaching this problem is that of sociological analysis.

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Wilhite, David E. "Tertullian, the African theologian : a social anthropological reading of Tertullian's identities." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/11124.

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The following thesis explores the social identities of TertuIIian, a Christian from Carthage who lived from approximately 160 to 220. After exploring the implications of calling TertuIIian an "African Theologian," the introduction interacts with the work done on TertuIIian in the past, concluding that although he was once read Euro-centrically and assumed to be a Roman, explicitly, and a European, implicitly, scholars in recent decades have deconstructed the biographical information of TertuIIian, leaving his African origin as one of the only undisputed aspects of his life. However, while scho

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Silva, Roberta Alexandrina da. "O reino para elas : mulher e comunidades cristãs no primeiro seculo da era cristã." [s.n.], 2006. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/278953.

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Orientadores: Andre Leonardo Chevitarese, Pedro Paulo Abreu Funari<br>Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas<br>Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-05T17:24:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Silva_RobertaAlexandrinada_M.pdf: 709742 bytes, checksum: 07d17ed4da3eac86fef561532ed5888a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006<br>Resumo: Este texto analisa a participação da mulher na proposta de Reino de Deus apresentado pelo ministério de Jesus e, ao mesmo tempo, abordar os Movimentos de Jesus e, posteriormente, o cristão fixado nas estruturas

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Russell, Peter. "A study of the relationship between sectarian diversity within Second Temple Judaism and sectarian diversity within the Early Church." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683337.

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Hong, Sung Cheol. "The principalities and powers in Pauline literature and the Roman imperial cult." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683218.

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Goodrich, Richard J. "A temple of living stones : John Cassian's construction of monastic orthodoxy in fifth-century Gaul." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/13243.

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This thesis examines John Cassian's attempts to influence the course of Gallic asceticism through the medium of his first ascetic work, De institutis coenobiorum et de octo principalium vitiorum remediis, I-IV. Rather than viewing Cassian as a cloistered, proto-Benedictine monk or an inept monastic legislator, it attempts to locate him in his broader, Late Antique context. The thesis first argues that the traditional view which holds that Cassian was a monk/abbot of Marseilles is flawed; in fact Cassian wrote his ascetic works while living in the province of Narbonensis Secunda and only moved

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Gibbs, Mark. "The Jewish scripture as rationale for First Clement." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683196.

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Twigg, Matthew. "Becoming Paul, becoming Christ : the Nag Hammadi 'Apocalypse of Paul' (NHC v,2) in its Valentinian context." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:1df4c390-28fa-4861-9a7d-a96779c1364c.

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This thesis seeks to demonstrate the Apocalypse of Paul's position within the broader Valentinian literary corpus from the Nag Hammadi codices. Previous scholars, notably William Murdock and Michael Kaler, have gestured in this direction, but no attempt has been made to systematically situate the Apocalypse of Paul in relation to other Valentinian sources. Quite possibly this desideratum exists because although the Apocalypse of Paul's debt to Jewish apocalypticism is self-evident, scholars of Valentinianism have generally neglected those ideas in Valentinian literature which are derived ultim

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MacDonald, Margaret Y. "Institutionalization in Pauline communities : a socio-historical investigation of the Pauline and Deutero-Pauline writings." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.670395.

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Humphrey, Christopher Wainwright. ""'There the Father is, and there is everything'" : elements of Plotinian pantheism in Augustine's thought." Thesis, McGill University, 1986. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=65979.

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Figuinha, Matheus Coutinho. "Ortodoxia e poder na Africa romana : Santo Agostinho, ascetas e donatistas entre finais do seculo IV e inicios do seculo V." [s.n.], 2006. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/279122.

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Orientador: Neri de Barros Almeida<br>Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas<br>Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-07T10:56:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Figuinha_MatheusCoutinho_M.pdf: 975708 bytes, checksum: f5787277caf3073a576ca6e917624299 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006<br>Resumo: Este é um estudo da relação entre ascetismo e poder episcopal no caso de santo Agostinho. Tal relação é avaliada no contexto da controvérsia donatista, que tanto preocupou o bispo católico de Hipona durante longos anos, especialmente ao longo da

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Hird, Cathy L. "The principalities and powers in the Pauline corpus : a reconsideration of their identity." Thesis, McGill University, 1986. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=65976.

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Klein, Konstantin Matthias. "Building the city of God : imperial patronage and local influence in Jerusalem from Throdosius I to Justinian (379-565 AD)." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2016. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:d7c9c052-9975-4cd6-939f-af3028894751.

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This thesis offers a fresh study of the sources on the history of the city of Jerusalem in the period between the reigns of the Roman emperors Theodosius the Great and Justinian I. In the Holy Land, this period roughly coincides with the arrival of St Jerome in 385 and the completion of Jerusalem's last major church building before the Persian and Muslim conquests, the Nea church, dedicated in 543. One of the main aims of this thesis is to investigate the role of imperial patronage in the city and contrast it with the growing influence of local actors, i.e. bishops, monks, and rich pilgrims wh

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Williams, Allan Alexander. "A rhetorical analysis of 1 Timothy 2:9-15 with a special focus on the role of women in the church." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1015721.

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This thesis investigates the role of women in the early church as portrayed in 1 Timothy 2:9-15 using the recently-developed method of Rhetorical Analysis. It makes use of a rhetorical approach largely based on the method proposed by Kennedy, supplemented by insights from scholars who have emphasised the argumentative element in rhetoric. This method illustrates how the role of women in the church is decisively determined by the argument in the letter as a whole. A brief survey of classical rhetoric is given. The typical structure of a rhetorical discourse is listed with its component sections

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Tucker, Joseph Brian. "'You belong to Christ' : Paul and the formation of social identity in 1 Corinthians 1-4." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683374.

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Ehinger, Jessica Lee. "Religious communities of the Near East from Roman to Islamic rule : sectarianism and identity in an age of transition (5th-8th C)." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:be6411d6-21ef-49e8-8c90-f15b90bf22fe.

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This study endeavors to set Christian writing about Islam from the period of the Islamic expansion in the broader context of Christian theological development in Late Antiquity. To this end, this study traces elements of continuity in Christian thought from the Christological debates of the fifth and sixth century, particularly from the Council of Chalcedon in 451and the resulting emergence of the communities of Chalcedonians and anti-Chalcedonian Monophysites as the dominant strands of Christianity in the Near East at the rise of Islam. In order to understand how Christians began to integrate

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Elm, Susanna. "The organization and institutions of female asceticism in fourth century Cappadocia and Egypt." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1987. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:ab8fce98-50da-4e26-b215-ba6f3d849377.

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In discussing the organization and institutions of fourth century female asceticism I attempt to apply methods used in the study of history to a topic generally regarded as theological, and therefore almost neglected by scholars of Ancient History. I concentrate on monasticism neither as generic phenomenon, nor on its spiritual aspects. Rather, I try to identify the social, economic and legal basis of a specific form (female asceticism) in a specific environment (fourth century Cappadocia and Egypt). By reconstructing the process of organization and the developing institutions of female asceti

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Behr, John. "Godly lives : asceticism and anthropology, with special reference to sexuality in the writings of St. Irenaeus of Lyons and St. Clement of Alexandria." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1995. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:cf34ec7b-4b0c-4f4c-ba86-89e438f84db5.

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This thesis aims to restore the balance of modern investigations into Christian asceticism and anthropology by reading the texts of Sts. Irenaeus and Clement within their theological perspectives, and thereby examine the presuppositions determining how we think about sexual difference. In the Introduction I examine the projects of M. Foucault and P. Brown, arguing that they do not remain faithful to the concerns of the texts which they treat. In Part One, I show how asceticism, for Irenaeus, is the expression of the human living the life of God in the body, that which is most characteristicall

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Kahl, Robert M. "The eschatological Jesus : early Christology as interpreted by Reginald H. Fuller, Martin Hengel and P.M. Casey." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/13912.

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What is the correct way to interpret the relationship between the message of Jesus and the kerygma, a hermeneutic of discontinuity and evolution or a hermeneutic of continuity and development? The Eschatological Jesus will argue for continuity and development. In their portraits of a non-eschatological and non-messianic Jesus J.D. Crossan and Marcus Borg raise questions about the relationship between Jesus and the kerygma but do not answer them. Reginald H. Fuller and Martin Hengel demonstrate that high Christology can be traced directly to the eschatological ministry of Jesus, especially his

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Aist, Rodney. "Willibald of Eichstätt (700-787 CE) and Christian topography of early Islamic Jerusalem." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683272.

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Tryon, Denzil Bruce. "Accounting for anxiety : an analysis of an early first-century material ethic from Matt 6:19-34." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1720.

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Thesis (MTh (Old and New Testament))--University of Stellenbosch, 2006.<br>This paper undertakes a detailed study of Matt 6:19-34 for the specific purpose of accounting for the unique context and content of the material/financial ethic being articulated here by Jesus. The passage, made up of four pericopes, is located within the first of the five discourses of Jesus recorded in Matthew’s Gospel in which Jesus evidently articulates the ethical standards required of the children of the emerging Kingdom of God. The need for such a study stems from an understanding that the passage, indeed the Se

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Tite, Philip L. 1969. "Valentinian ethics and paraenetic discourse : determining the social function of moral exhortation in Valentinian Christianity." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=85959.

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This dissertation sets out to determine the social function of paraenesis ("moral exhortation") within Valentinian Christianity. In order to explicate this social function, this study places the discussion within the context of ancient rhetorical practices of ethical admonition; i.e., how did paraenetic discursive practices act as rhetorical devices for affecting social formation? In order to establish the function of paraenesis, it is necessary to engage both literary and social aspects of the paraenetic genre. The latter is most challenging, given the methodological difficulties inher

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Dirodi, Morgan. "Space, monuments, and religion : the Christianisation of urban space in the Late Antique Levant." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:67edfa1b-532b-4926-b010-6fd878c235c6.

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This thesis investigates the relationship between Christianity and urban monumental space in the late antique Levant. Through the analysis of both textual and archaeological evidence it seeks to clarify both the motives and the stages of the process of Christian takeover of the urban space of Levantine cities from the 4th to the 7th century AD. In doing so Christians were in essence both projecting their growth as the predominant religion and, at the same time, creating an entirely new monumental landscape. The case studies are presented in three separate groups, selected on the basis of the p

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Kotze, Annemare. "The protreptic-paraenetic purpose of Augustine's Confessions and its Manichean audience." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53665.

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Thesis (DLitt)--Stellenbosch University, 2003.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this dissertation I attempt to open up new perspectives on the literary qualities and the unity of Augustine's Confessions by reading the work in the light of the context within which it first functioned. Part 1, Prolegomena, consists of a survey of secondary literature (in chapter 1) that focuses on research on the literary characteristics of the work, followed by a theoretical exploration of the two aspects that constitute the focus of this study, the genre and the audience of the Confessions. Chapter 2.1 examines ho

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Bryant, Kelli Elizabeth. "Festal apologetics : Syriac treatises on the Feast of the Discovery of the Cross." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:4a4fb6da-4249-48ca-b64c-09027fdef2ac.

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This thesis argues that the Feast of the Discovery of the Cross offered an occasion to refute religious opposition to the cross and crucifixion in the diverse socio-political contexts encountered by Syriac Christians between the fourth and the ninth centuries. At its inception, the Feast of the Cross promoted the cult of the True Cross, Old Testament typology, and the expansion of the Christian faith, and these features were sufficiently malleable to meet new religious challenges and political contexts. John of Dara's ninth-century homily On the Cross is a lengthy exposition on the veneration

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Morais, Francisco Sales de. "A evolução do dogma trinitário na igreja antiga (sec. I a V)." Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, 2011. http://tede2.unicap.br:8080/handle/tede/888.

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Georgieva, Elena. "Le chemin de la vérité: la persuasion de la puissance divine dans le Contre Celse d'Origène." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/210997.

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Résumé<p><p>de la thèse « Le chemin de la vérité :la persuasion de la puissance divine dans le Contre Celse d’Origène <p><p><p>Les traités du Contre Celse permettent d’aborder la problématique de la persuasion de l’enseignement chrétien en ce qu'ils témoignent de l’affrontement virulent de deux visions du monde, - celle du monde gréco-romain et celle de l’enseignement chrétien. En effet, l’essor du mouvement chrétien devrait beaucoup à la lumière de cette rhétorique, oserons-nous dire cette propagande, qui propose une vision du monde nouvelle en s’appuyant sur une théologie qui s’escrime à dép

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Dunne, John Anthony. "Persecution in Galatians : identity, destiny, and the use of Isaiah." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/8569.

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This thesis contends that the theme of persecution plays a vital role in the argument of Paul's letter to the Galatians. Particularly, this thesis argues that suffering for the cross is seen as a mark of identity and a sign of destiny for those who follow the crucified Messiah. In regard to identity, suffering is shown to be a badge that demarcates Paul's Gentile audience as children of Abraham and children of God (i.e. the “Israel of God”) in conformity with genuine Christian identity, represented chiefly by Paul himself through solidarity with the cross. In regard to destiny, those who are m

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D'Helt, Alexandre. "Entre vie contemplative et temps apocalyptique: Philon d'Alexandrie et la formation de la théologie chrétienne." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/209463.

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Cette dissertation a pour objectif de fournir un éclairage nouveau sur la cosmologie philonienne à la lumière de la littérature apocalyptique judéo-chrétienne. Il s'agit reposer la question du lien entre Philon d’Alexandrie et la tradition apocalyptique judéo-chrétienne dans une optique qui se veut à la croisée de l’histoire des religions et de l’histoire de la philosophie. Après délimitation du corpus, on y aborde la question du rapport au mythe et à la théologie. La place est ensuite faite à la question des intermédiaires célestes (Anges, Logos, Esprit), ainsi qu’à la liturgie. Ce point nous

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Raga, Emmanuelle. "Le Banquet et la "transformation du monde romain": entre Romanitas, Barbaritas et Christianisme :espace romain occidental, IVe-VIe siècle." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/209918.

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Ma thèse se concentre sur la question de la transformation de la pratique du banquet classique face, d’une part, à la nouvelle situation sociopolitique découlant de l’installation des royaumes dits successeurs et de la dissolution des structures politiques classiques ;et d’autre part, face à l’intensification de ce que l’on appelle communément la « christianisation » du monde romain. Mes recherches concernent le monde romain occidental (Gaule, Italie et Espagne) à partir du moment où le discours ascétique oriental se diffuse massivement en occident dans la seconde moitié du IVe siècle, mettant

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Rudge, Lindsay. "Texts and contexts : women's dedicated life from Caesarius to Benedict." Thesis, St Andrews, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/312.

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