Wandering, begging monks : spiritual authority and the promotion of monasticism in late antiquity

Wandering, begging monks : spiritual authority and the promotion of monasticism in late antiquity / Daniel Caner.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Caner, Daniel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2002.
Series:Transformation of the classical heritage ; 33.
Subjects:
30-600
Monastic and religious life > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Messalians.
RELIGION > Institutions & Organizations.
RELIGION > Antiquities & Archaeology.
Messalians
Monastic and religious life > Early church
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Wandering in the Desert and the Virtues of Manual Labor
  • Xeniteia in the Desert
  • Stories of the Wandering Pioneers
  • Settling the Desert
  • Wandering in Dejection and the Solace of Manual Labor
  • Wandering and Sustenance in the Desert
  • Wandering and Communal Stability in the Desert
  • Apostolic Wanderers of Third-Century Syria
  • An Apostolic Paradigm for Ascetic Wanderers: The Acts of Thomas
  • A Manual for Apostolic Wanderers: Pseudo-Clement's Letters to Virgins
  • The Continuing Influence of the Apostolic Paradigm
  • In Support of "People Who Pray": Apostolic Monasticism and the Messalian Controversy
  • The Evolution of the Messalian Profile
  • Toward a Broader Definition of the Messalian Controversy
  • Conflicting Assumptions of Orthodox Monastic Practice in the East
  • Conflicting Assumptions of Orthodox Monastic Practice in the West
  • Apostle and Heretic: The Controversial Career of Alexander the Sleepless
  • Alexander the Apostolic Man
  • Alexander the Heretic
  • Spiritual Authority and the Messalian Controversy
  • Hypocrites and Pseudomonks: Beggars, Bishops, and Ascetic Teachers in Cities of the Early Fifth Century
  • Beggars at the Gates
  • John Chrysostom and the Christmongers of Constantinople
  • Nilus and the Ascetic Parasites of Ancyra
  • John Chrysostom and the Monks of Constantinople
  • Monastic Patronage and Social Mobility
  • Monastic Patronage and the Two Churches of Constantinople
  • Dalmatius and Ascetic Enthusiasts in the Downfall of Nestorius
  • Eutyches and the Circumcellions of Constantinople
  • Toward a New Era in Church and Monastic Relations
  • Epilogue
  • App The Life of Alexander Akoimetos
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index.

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