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Repentance in Late Antiquity - Eastern Asceticism and the Framing of the Christian Life c.400-650 CE (Hardcover, New)
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Repentance in Late Antiquity - Eastern Asceticism and the Framing of the Christian Life c.400-650 CE (Hardcover, New)
Series: Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs
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The call to repentance is central to the message of early
Christianity. While this is undeniable, the precise meaning of the
concept of repentance for early Christians has rarely been
investigated to any great extent, beyond studies of the rise of
penitential discipline. In this study, the rich variety of meanings
and applications of the concept of repentance are examined, with a
particular focus on the writings of several ascetic theologians of
the fifth to seventh centuries: SS Mark the Monk, Barsanuphius and
John of Gaza, and John Climacus. These theologians provide some of
the most sustained and detailed elaborations of the concept of
repentance in late antiquity. They predominantly see repentance as
a positive, comprehensive idea that serves to frame the whole of
Christian life, not simply one or more of its parts. While the
modern dominant understanding of repentance as a moment of
sorrowful regret over past misdeeds, or as equivalent to
penitential discipline, is present to a degree, such definitions by
no means exhaust the concept for them. The path of repentance is
depicted as stretching from an initial about-face completed in
baptism, through the living out of the baptismal gift by keeping
the Gospel commandments, culminating in the idea of intercessory
repentance for others, after the likeness of Christ's innocent
suffering for the world. While this overarching role for repentance
in Christian life is clearest in ascetic works, these are not
explored in isolation, and attention is also paid to the concept of
repentance in Scripture, the early church, apocalyptic texts, and
canonical material. This not only permits the elaboration of the
views of the ascetics in their larger context, but further allows
for an overall re-assessment of the often misunderstood, if not
overlooked, place of repentance in early Christian theology.
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