[PDF.30kd] Brother-Making in Late Antiquity and Byzantium: Monks, Laymen, and Christian Ritual (Onassis Series in Hellenic Culture)

Brother-Making in Late Antiquity and Byzantium: Monks, Laymen, and Christian Ritual (Onassis Series in Hellenic Culture)

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 | #1340369 in Books |  OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS ACADEM |  2016-02-10 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  6.30 x1.30 x9.40l,.0 | File type: PDF | 368 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Excellent Study of the Origins of Brother-making|By Stephen Morris|An excellent study that illuminates the origins of the much-commented on service of adelphopoiia (lit. "brother-making") in the life of the Byzantine Church. Well documented. Excellent utilization of sources. Clearly demonstrates the monastic origins of brother-making while not ruling out the later development o| ||"This book is an erudite study on asceticism in Late Antiquity and Byzantium. Written by the eminent scholar Claudia Rapp (Professor of Byzantine Studies at the University of Vienna and Director of the Division of Byzantine Research in the Institute for Medie

Among medieval Christian societies, Byzantium is unique in preserving an ecclesiastical ritual of adelphopoiesis, which pronounces two men, not related by birth, as brothers for life. It has its origin as a spiritual blessing in the monastic world of late antiquity, and it becomes a popular social networking strategy among lay people from the ninth century onwards, even finding application in recent times. Located at the intersection of religion and society, bro...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Brother-Making in Late Antiquity and Byzantium: Monks, Laymen, and Christian Ritual (Onassis Series in Hellenic Culture)   |  Claudia Rapp.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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