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Early Christian Biographies - Vol. 15 (Paperback)
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Early Christian Biographies - Vol. 15 (Paperback)
Series: Fathers of the Church Series
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Most readers are quite likely to have some basic information about
St. Cyprian (d. 258), St. Ambrose (ca. 339-397) and St. Augustine
(354-430). Fewer readers are likely to be equally informed about
St. Anthony (251?-356), St. Paul the Hermit (d. ca.340), St.
Hilarion (ca. 291-371) and St. Epiphanius (438/439-496/497).
Perhaps hardly any reader is acquainted with the holy monk Malchus,
presumably a contemporary of St. Jerome (ca. 342-420) and son of a
tenant farmer near Nisbis. Most of the saints' lives presented
here, though the volume is entitled Early Christian Biographies,
belong in reality to quite another category, hagiography. The
primary requisite of this genre is to serve a religious purpose:
edification. Herein hagiography differs considerably from a modern
critical biography which demands historically verifiable events and
accounts. Nevertheless the account of Malchus, as it is presented
in this volume, is unique. St. Jerome writes: "Drawn by curiosity I
approached the man and inquired with eager interest if there were
any truth in what I had heard. He related the following story" (p.
288). If we may take St. Jerome at his word, the Life of Malchus
could well be an autobiography. In any event, many generations have
come to look upon these accounts as classics.
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