Becoming Christian : the conversion of Roman Cappadocia

Becoming Christian : the conversion of Roman Cappadocia / Raymond Van Dam.

"In an investigation of the transformation of Cappadocia during the fourth century, Becoming Christian: The Conversion of Roman Cappadocia examines the local impact of Christianity on traditional Greek and Roman society. The Cappadocians Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory of Nazianzus...

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Main Author: Van Dam, Raymond
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2003.
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Basil, > Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, > approximately 329-379.
Gregory, > of Nazianzus, Saint.
Gregory, > of Nyssa, Saint, > approximately 335-approximately 394.
Gregory, > of Nyssa, Saint, > ca. 335-ca. 394.
Basil, > Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, > ca. 329-379.
Basil, > Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, > approximately 329-379
Gregory, > of Nazianzus, Saint
Gregory, > of Nyssa, Saint, > approximately 335-approximately 394
Christianity and culture > Turkey > Cappadocia > History.
HISTORY > Ancient > Rome.
Christianity and culture
Cappadocia (Turkey) > Church history.
Turkey > Cappadocia
Church history
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Dedication Page ; Table of Contents ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; Orthodoxy and Heresy ; Chapter 1: ""The Evil in Our Bosom"": Eunomius as a Cappadocian Father.
  • Chapter 2: ""Even Though Roman Laws Judge Differently"": Christianity and Local Traditions Chapter 3: Remembering the Future: Christian Narratives of Conversion ; Chapter 4: ""Everything in Ruins"": Ancient Legends and Foundation Myths ; Chapter 5: The Founder of the Cappadocians.
  • Preachers and Audiences Chapter 6: Listening to the Audience: The Six Days of Creation ; Chapter 7: Small Details: The Cult of the Forty Martyrs ; The Life to Come ; Chapter 8: ""I Saw a Parrot"": Philostorgius at Constantinople ; Chapter 9: A Blank Sheet of Paper: The Apocryphal Basil.
  • Chapter 10: ""Trail of Sorrows"": The Autobiographies of Gregory of Nazianzus Epilogue: A Different Late Antiquity ; Abbreviations ; Notes ; Editions and Translations ; The Cappadocian Fathers ; Ancient Authors and Texts ; Bibliography ; Index.

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