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This study presents the evidence, derived from letters and theological works, for theories of Christian friendship as they were developed by the leading fourth-century Church Fathers.

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"No other book like hers is available in English, and her fine work fills a big gap. Students can be sent to it with the confidence that they will understand it, and scholars will find it a useful source and judicious summary."-Joseph T. Lienhard, SJ, Speculum
"...interesting and scholarly....White offers her readers a balanced, scholarly, and interesting overview of her topic." Roland J. Teske, Theological Studies

Table of Contents
1. Introduction; 2. Classical Theories of Friendship; 3. Some Problems of Christian Friendship; 4. Friendship in the lives and thought of Basil and of Gregory of Nazianzus; 5. John Chrysostom and Olympias; 6. Synesius of Cyrene; 7. Ambrose of Milan - Ciceronian or Christian friendship?; 8. St. Jerome; 9. Paulinus of Nola; 10. Monasticism and friendship; 11. St. Augustine.

Christian Friendship in the Fourth Century

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 11/27/1992 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521419079, 978-0521419079
      ISBN10: 0521419077
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This study presents the evidence, derived from letters and theological works, for theories of Christian friendship as they were developed by the leading fourth-century Church Fathers.

      Trade Review
      "No other book like hers is available in English, and her fine work fills a big gap. Students can be sent to it with the confidence that they will understand it, and scholars will find it a useful source and judicious summary."-Joseph T. Lienhard, SJ, Speculum
      "...interesting and scholarly....White offers her readers a balanced, scholarly, and interesting overview of her topic." Roland J. Teske, Theological Studies

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction; 2. Classical Theories of Friendship; 3. Some Problems of Christian Friendship; 4. Friendship in the lives and thought of Basil and of Gregory of Nazianzus; 5. John Chrysostom and Olympias; 6. Synesius of Cyrene; 7. Ambrose of Milan - Ciceronian or Christian friendship?; 8. St. Jerome; 9. Paulinus of Nola; 10. Monasticism and friendship; 11. St. Augustine.

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