TY - BOOK AU - Ladner,Gerhart B. TI - The Idea of Reform: Its Impact on Christian Thought and Action in the Age of the Fathers SN - 9780674334793 AV - BT25 .L3 1959 U1 - 230/.09/015 PY - 2013///] CY - Cambridge, MA : PB - Harvard University Press, KW - Christentum KW - Hervormingen KW - Kloosterwezen KW - Reform KW - Theologie, Christentum KW - Theology, Doctrinal KW - History KW - Early church, ca. 30-600 KW - Théologie dogmatique - Histoire KW - Vernieuwing KW - Theology, Doctrinal -- History -- Early church, approximately 30-600 KW - RELIGION / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; PREFACE --; CONTENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; PART ONE. VARIETIES OF RENEWAL IDEOLOGY AND THE CHRISTIAN IDEA OF REFORM --; CHAPTER I. DISTINCTION OF THE IDEA OF REFORM FROM OTHER IDEAS OF RENEWAL --; CHAPTER II. DEFINITION OF THE IDEA OF REFORM --; PART TWO. THE EARLY CHRISTIAN IDEA OF REFORM --; CHAPTER I. PRE-CHRISTIAN, BIBLICAL, AND PATRISTIC TERMINOLOGY OF RENEWAL AND REFORM --; CHAPTER II. THE PAULINE IDEA OF REFORM AND RELATED SCRIPTURAL CONCEPTS --; CHAPTER III. THE IDEA OF REFORM IN GREEK CHRISTIAN THOUGHT OF THE PATRISTIC PERIOD --; CHAPTER IV. THE IDEA OF REFORM IN LATIN PATRISTIC THOUGHT BEFORE ST. AUGUSTINE --; CHAPTER V. ST. AUGUSTINE AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE REFORM IDEAS OF THE CHRISTIAN EAST AND WEST --; CHAPTER VI. THE IDEA OF REFORM IN THE EARLY CHRISTIAN LITURGY --; CHAPTER VII. THE IDEA OF REFORM IN EARLY CHRISTIAN CANON LAW AND SACRAMENTAL THEOLOGY --; PART THREE. MONASTICISM AS A VEHICLE OF THE CHRISTIAN IDEA OF REFORM IN THE AGE OF THE FATHERS --; CHAPTER I. MONASTICISM AS THE EXEMPLARY CHRISTIAN WAY OF LIFE --; CHAPTER II. MONKS, PRIESTS, CONVERSI --; CHAPTER III. THE TRANSMISSION OF AUGUSTINIAN MONASTICISM TO EARLY MEDIAEVAL EUROPE --; EXCURSUS I. THE DEFINITION OF AN IDEA --; EXCURSUS II. METAHISTORICAL PRECONCEPTIONS --; EXCURSUS III. SOME PATRISTIC DISTINCTIONS CONCERNING ETERNITY, AEVUM, AND TIME --; EXCURSUS IV. POINTS OF CONTACT BETWEEN ST. AUGUSTINE AND MODERN MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE --; EXCURSUS V. ST. AUGUSTINE'S ATTITUDE TO THE SOCIOECONOMIC ORDER OF HIS TIME AND A RECENT BOOK ON DONATISM --; ABBREVIATIONS and BIBLIOGRAPHY --; ADDENDA --; INDEX; restricted access UR - https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674184077 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674184077 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674184077.jpg ER -