Andrea Sterk - Renouncing the World Yet Leading the Church: The Monk-Bishop in Late Antiquity (excerpts)

Andrea Sterk

Renouncing the World Yet Leading the Church: The Monk-Bishop in Late Antiquity (excerpts)

From "Renouncing the World Yet Leading the Church: The Monk-Bishop in Late Antiquity", Harvard University Press.

CONTENTS

Asceticism and Leadership in the Thought of Basil of Caesarea

Formative Influences
Context: The State of the Church and the Episcopate- Criteria: The Good Christian Leader- Leadership in the Asceticon
The Moralia - The Letters - The Paradigm of Moses

Gregory of Nazianzus: Ascetic Life and Episcopal Office in Tension
First Part
Second Part

John Chrysostom: The Model Monk-Bishop in Spite of Himself
First Part
Second Part

Epilogue: The Legacy of the Monk-Bishop in the Byzantine World
Bishops and Hagiography during and after Iconoclasm
The Slavic Context: An Example from Medieval Serbia - The Contribution of the Byzantine Prophetic Tradition