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Five models of spiritual direction in the early church /

Demacopoulos, George E.

Five models of spiritual direction in the early church / George E. Demacopoulos. - Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2007. - x, 274 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-253) and index.

Athanasius of Alexandria and ambivalence regarding spiritual direction -- Gregory Nazianzen's struggle for synthesis -- Augustine of Hippo and resistance to the ascetic model of spiritual direction -- John Cassian and the spiritual direction of the ascetic community -- Pope Gregory I and the asceticizing of spiritual direction.

0268025908 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780268025908 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Spiritual direction.
Asceticism--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Pastoral theology.

BV5053 / .D45 2007

253.5/309015

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