Jerome and the monastic clergy : a commentary on letter 52 to Nepotian, with introduction, text, and translation /

In Jerome and the Monastic Clergy , Andrew Cain provides the first full-scale commentary on the famous Letter to Nepotian, in which Jerome articulates his radical plan for imposing a strict ascetic code of conduct on the contemporary clergy. Cain comprehensively addresses stylistic, literary, histor...

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Main Author: Cain, Andrew.

Other Authors: Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420.

Format: eBook

Language: English
Latin

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Series: Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements 119.
Vigiliae Christianae Supplements Online, ISBN: 9789004308961.

Subjects:

Jerome, > Saint, > -419 or 420. > Ad Nepotianum presbyterum.

Nepotian, > of Altinum, > -396.

Clergy > Conduct of life > Early works to 1800.