05246nam 22010934a 450 99624820620331620240410064112.00-520-92850-41-59734-984-410.1525/9780520928503(CKB)111090860416154(EBL)223887(OCoLC)475929196(SSID)ssj0000268854(PQKBManifestationID)11192797(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000268854(PQKBWorkID)10237271(PQKB)11362882(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055900(DE-B1597)521079(OCoLC)55890723(DE-B1597)9780520928503(Au-PeEL)EBL223887(CaPaEBR)ebr10058863(MiAaPQ)EBC223887(dli)HEB08311(MiU)MIU01000000000000009859148(EXLCZ)9911109086041615420020114d2002 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrWandering, begging monks spiritual authority and the promotion of monasticism in late antiquity /Daniel Caner1st ed.Berkeley, Calif. University of California Press20021 online resource (343 p.)The Transformation of the classical heritage ;33Description based upon print version of record.0-520-23324-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-309) and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Abbreviations --Introduction --1. Wandering in the Desert and the Virtues of Manual Labor --2. Apostolic Wanderers of Third-Century Syria --3. In Support of "People Who Pray": Apostolic Monasticism and the Messalian Controversy --4. Apostle and Heretic: The Controversial Career of Alexander the Sleepless --5. Hypocrites and Pseudomonks: Beggars, Bishops, and Ascetic Teachers in Cities of the Early Fifth Century --6. Monastic Patronage and the Two Churches of Constantinople --Epilogue --Appendix: The Life of Alexander Akoimētos --Select Bibliography --IndexAn apostolic lifestyle characterized by total material renunciation, homelessness, and begging was practiced by monks throughout the Roman Empire in the fourth and fifth centuries. Such monks often served as spiritual advisors to urban aristocrats whose patronage gave them considerable authority and independence from episcopal control. This book is the first comprehensive study of this type of Christian poverty and the challenge it posed for episcopal authority and the promotion of monasticism in late antiquity. Focusing on devotional practices, Daniel Caner draws together diverse testimony from Egypt, Syria, Asia Minor, and elsewhere-including the Pseudo-Clementine Letters to Virgins, Augustine's On the Work of Monks, John Chrysostom's homilies, legal codes-to reveal gospel-inspired patterns of ascetic dependency and teaching from the third to the fifth centuries. Throughout, his point of departure is social and cultural history, especially the urban social history of the late Roman empire. He also introduces many charismatic individuals whose struggle to persist against church suppression of their chosen way of imitating Christ was fought with defiant conviction, and the book includes the first annotated English translation of the biography of Alexander Akoimetos (Alexander the Sleepless). Wandering, Begging Monks allows us to understand these fascinating figures of early Christianity in the full context of late Roman society.Transformation of the classical heritage ;33.Monastic and religious lifeHistoryEarly church, ca. 30-600Messalians4th century.5th century.alexander akoimetos.alexander the sleepless.antiquity.apostolic.ascetic.asia minor.augustine.begging.catholic church.catholicism.christian poverty.church history.cloister.devotions.early christianity.early church.egypt.episcopal authority.gospels.homelessness.homilies.material renunciation.monasticism.monks.on the work of monks.patronage.pseudo clementine letters to virgins.religious life.religious vows.roman empire.social history.spiritual life.syria.vow of poverty.Monastic and religious lifeHistoryMessalians.271/.009/015Caner Daniel1020853MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996248206203316Wandering, begging monks2416371UNISA