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Body and Desire: Gregory of Nyssa's Ascetical Theology

Raphael A. Cadenhead

Print publication date: 2018

Print ISBN-13: 9780520297968

Published to California Scholarship Online: May 2019

DOI: 10.1525/california/9780520297968.001.0001

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Prelude

Prelude

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(p.19) Prelude
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Body and Desire
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Raphael A. Cadenhead

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University of California Press
DOI:10.1525/california/9780520297968.003.0002

In order to counter some of the anachronisms in recent scholarship on Gregory (as outlined in the introduction), the prelude attends to Gregory’s historical context by situating his thinking within the late antique milieu. It begins with an overview of the ecclesio-political context in the aftermath of Constantine’s conversion and considers how the incorporation of the church into imperial life may have inflected Gregory’s ascetic theory. The prelude also explores the burgeoning monastic movement in the late fourth century as well as the ascetical prestige of Gregory’s family.

Keywords:   coenobitic monasticism, eremitic monasticism, Constantine, Eustathius of Sebaste, Synod of Gangra

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