02975nam 2200625Ia 450 991081175940332120200520144314.097866111491851-281-14918-70-19-152660-6(CKB)2560000000300731(EBL)415200(OCoLC)476240847(SSID)ssj0000129927(PQKBManifestationID)11134395(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000129927(PQKBWorkID)10081642(PQKB)10520473(StDuBDS)EDZ0000022898(MiAaPQ)EBC415200(Au-PeEL)EBL415200(CaPaEBR)ebr10194237(CaONFJC)MIL114918(EXLCZ)99256000000030073120070404d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrContextualizing Cassian aristocrats, asceticism, and reformation in fifth-century Gaul /Richard J. GoodrichOxford Oxford University Press20071 online resource (309 p.)Oxford early Christian studiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-921313-5 0-19-169584-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The world of Gallic asceticism; 2. Experientia vs Gallic inexperience; 3. Experientia vs other builders; 4. Instituta as independent authority; 5. Renuntiatio and the 'Rhetoric of Renunciation'; Conclusion; Appendix 1: Cassian of Marseilles?; Appendix 2: Textual problems in De institutis 3; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; ZA study of how John Cassian, a fifth-century Gallic author, tried to direct and reshape the development of Western monasticism. Richard J. Goodrich focuses on how Cassian's ascetic treatises were tailored to persuade a wealthy, aristocratic audience to adopt a more stringent, Christ-centred monastic life. - ;Richard J. Goodrich examines the attempt by the fifth-century ascetic writer John Cassian to influence and shape the development of Western monasticism. Goodrich's close analysis of Cassian's earliest work (The Institutes) focuses on his interaction with the values and preconceptions of aOxford early Christian studies.Monastic and religious lifeHistory of doctrinesAsceticismHistoryEarly church, ca. 30-600GaulReligionMonastic and religious lifeHistory of doctrines.AsceticismHistory271.0092Goodrich Richard J.1962-777316MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811759403321Contextualizing Cassian1683544UNINA