Women in the Early ChurchElizabeth Clark, a patristic scholar and founder of the Department of Religion at Mary Washington College, has drawn upon her depth of scholarship and linguistic ability to make available to an educated but nonspecialized readership an intriguing mosaic of opinions." - America " |
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WOMEN ENDANGERED | 77 |
PARADISE REGAINED | 115 |
WOMEN IN | 156 |
WOMEN AS MODELS | 204 |
Suggestions for Further Reading | 259 |
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Page 28 - FORASMUCH as each man is a part of the human race, and human nature is something social, and hath for a great and natural good, the power also of friendship; on this account God willed to create all men out of one, in order that they might be held in their society not only by likeness of kind, but also by bond of kindred. Therefore the first natural bond of human society is man and wife.
Bibliographic information
| Pealkiri | Women in the Early Church 13. köide of Fathers of the Church Series 13. köide of Message of the fathers of the church |
| Autor | Elizabeth Ann Clark |
| Editor | Elizabeth Ann Clark |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Liturgical Press, 1990 |
| ISBN | 0814653324, 9780814653326 |
| Length | 260 pages |
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