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Book Description: Verso Books. Paperback. Book Condition: new. BRAND NEW PRINT ON DEMAND., Church Fathers, Independent Virgins (New edition), Joyce E. Salisbury, Domestic harmony from the first to the fourth century AD was seriously undermined by an ascetic tradition which advocated chastity and virginity, and appealed particularly to women. Ascetic renunciation freed holy women of traditional womanly duties and modes of dress and behaviour. The Church Fathers were placed in a curious dilemma - while they welcomed the idea of celibacy as a route to higher spirituality, when their wives and daughters began to renounce their sexual roles and assume spiritual and social independence, the Church found it difficult to accept. Saints such as Mary of Egypt, a converted up-market prostitute who lived naked in the desert and howled at St Zozimas all night, provoked the Church Fathers to introduce legislation to bring the holy women under control. Salisbury traces these debates and legislation within the Church, and contrasts them with the real life histories of seven truly remarkable women Saints. Bookseller Inventory # B9780860915966

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Book Description: Verso Books, 1992. Softcover. Book Condition: New. First Thus. 168 pages including index. This is a NEW book from the Hartford Seminary Bookstore. ; 0.35 x 9.21 x 6.14 Inches. Bookseller Inventory # 32711

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Book Description: Verso Books, United States, 1992. Paperback. Book Condition: New. New edition. 234 x 156 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery ***** Print on Demand *****. Domestic harmony from the first to the fourth century AD was seriously undermined by an ascetic tradition which advocated chastity and virginity, and appealed particularly to women. Ascetic renunciation freed holy women of traditional womanly duties and modes of dress and behaviour. The Church Fathers were placed in a curious dilemma - while they welcomed the idea of celibacy as a route to higher spirituality, when their wives and daughters began to renounce their sexual roles and assume spiritual and social independence, the Church found it difficult to accept. Saints such as Mary of Egypt, a converted up-market prostitute who lived naked in the desert and howled at St Zozimas all night, provoked the Church Fathers to introduce legislation to bring the holy women under control. Salisbury traces these debates and legislation within the Church, and contrasts them with the real life histories of seven truly remarkable women Saints. Bookseller Inventory # AAV9780860915966

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Book Description: VERSO, 1992. Paperback. Book Condition: New. New print on demand book. Shipped from US. Bookseller Inventory # IH-9780860915966

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Book Description: Verso Books 18 Sep 1992, 1992. Paperback. Book Condition: New. Product Description\nDomestic harmony from the first to the fourth century AD was seriously undermined by an ascetic tradition which advocated chastity and virginity, and appealed particularly to women. Ascetic renunciation freed holy women of traditional womanly duties and modes of dress and behaviour. The Church Fathers were placed in a curious dilemma - while they welcomed the idea of celibacy as a route to higher spirituality, when their wives and daughters began to renounce their sexual roles and assume spiritual and social independence, the Church found it difficult to accept. Saints such as Mary of Egypt, a converted up-market prostitute who lived naked in the desert and howled at St Zozimas all night, provoked the Church Fathers to introduce legislation to bring the holy women under control. Salisbury traces these debates and legislation within the Church, and contrasts them with the real life histories of seven truly remarkable women Saints. Bookseller Inventory # 33614cef52c6a4348dc2681499294fbd

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Book Description: Verso Books, 1992. Paperback. Book Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches. In Stock. Bookseller Inventory # __0860915964

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