The Close Proximity of Christ to Sixth-Century Mesopotamian Monks in John of Ephesus' Lives of Eastern Saints
The Byzantine holy man and cult of saints are often seen as evidence that Christ had become the inaccessible Pantokrator. In this article, such assertions are challenged by a close reading of John of Ephesus' Lives of eastern saints, where many monks are shown to be very close to Christ, even i...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2018]
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The journal of ecclesiastical history
Year: 2018, Volume: 69, Issue: 2, Pages: 262-277 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
John, Ephesius 507-586
/ Saint's life
/ Jesus Christus
/ Nearness
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages KBK Europe (East) KCD Hagiography; saints NBF Christology |
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| Summary: | The Byzantine holy man and cult of saints are often seen as evidence that Christ had become the inaccessible Pantokrator. In this article, such assertions are challenged by a close reading of John of Ephesus' Lives of eastern saints, where many monks are shown to be very close to Christ, even in references to him as divine. Viewing hagiography as literature of exhortation and example, Christ's proximity to John's monks is seen as available to all Miaphysite Christians. This analysis is also important for investigating the spirituality of the early generations of Miaphysites, painting them as more than polemicists. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-7637 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0022046917001762 |