Record Nr.

UNINA9910449889603321

Autore

Bitton-Ashkelony Bruria

Titolo

Encountering the sacred [[electronic resource] ] : the debate on Christian pilgrimage in late antiquity / / Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005

ISBN

1-282-35752-2

0-520-93112-2

9786612357527

1-59875-925-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Collana

The transformation of the classical heritage ; ; 38

Disciplina

263/.0425694/09015

Soggetti

Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - Palestine - History of doctrines - Early church, ca. 30-600

Palestine in Christianity - History of doctrines - Early church, ca. 30-600

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Basil of Caesarea's and Gregory of Nyssa's Attitudes toward Pilgrimage -- 2 Jerome's Position on Pilgrimage -- 3 Augustine on Holy Space -- 4 Pilgrimage in Monastic Culture -- 5 Local versus Central Pilgrimage -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Places -- Index of Biblical Citations

Sommario/riassunto

This innovative study sheds new light on one of the most spectacular changes to occur in late antiquity-the rise of pilgrimage all over the Christian world-by setting the phenomenon against the wide background of the political and theological debates of the time. Asking how the emerging notion of a sacred geography challenged the leading intellectuals and ecclesiastical authorities, Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony deftly reshapes our understanding of early Christian mentalities by unraveling the process by which a territory of grace became a territory of power. Examining ancient writers' responses to the rising practice of pilgrimage, Bitton-Ashkelony offers a nuanced reading of their thinking

on the merits and the demerits of pilgrimage, revealing theological and ecclesiastical motivations that have been overlooked, and questioning the long-held assumption of scholars that pilgrimage was only a popular, not an elite, religious practice. In addition to Greek and Latin sources, she includes Syriac material, which allows her to build a rich picture of the emerging theology of landscape that took shape over the fourth to sixth centuries.

Record Nr.

UNISA996393247403316

Autore

Prynne William <1600-1669.>

Titolo

A vindication of foure serious questions of grand importance [[electronic resource] ] : concerning excommunication and suspention from the sacrament of the Lords Supper, from some misprisions and unjust exceptions lately taken against them; both in the pulpit, by a reverend brother of Scotland, in a sermon at Margarets Church in Westminster, before the Honourable House of Commons, at a publike fast there held for Scotland, on the 5th of September last: and in the presse, by three new-printed pamphlets, by way of answer to, and censure of them. Wherein some scripture texts, (commonly reproduced for excommunication, and bare suspention from the Lords Supper onely,) are cleared from false glosses, inferences, conclusions wrested from them; ... / / By William Prynne of Lincolns Inne, Esquire

Pubbl/distr/stampa


London, : Printed for John Macock, for Michael Spark senior., 1645

Descrizione fisica

[10], 60 p

Soggetti

Lord's Supper - Church of Scotland

Excommunication