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Съдържание:
  • I: BASIL OF CAESAREA AND THE EMERGENCE OF AN IDEAL:
  • Monks and bishops in the Christian East from 325 to 375
  • Asceticism and leadership in the thought of Basil of Caesarea
  • Reframing and reforming the episcopate: Basil's direct influence
  • II: THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN IDEAL:
  • Gregory of Nyssa: On Basil, Moses, and episcopal office
  • Gregory of Nazianzus: ascetic life and episcopal office in tension
  • John Chrysostom: the model monk-bishop in spite of himself
  • III: THE TRIUMPH OF AN IDEAL:
  • From nuisances to episcopal ideals: civil and ecclesiastical legislation
  • Normalizing the model: the Fifth-Century church histories
  • The broadening appeal: monastic and hagiographical literature
  • Epilogue:
  • The legacy of the monk-bishop in the Byzanine world.