Treasure in Heaven: The Holy Poor in Early Christianity (Richard Lectures)

by PeterBrown (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2005

  $20.75

  From the rise of Christian monasticism in Egypt and Syria to present day, Christians have argued fiercely about whether monks should work to support themselves. Peter Brown shifts attention from Western to Eastern Christianity, introducing us to this smoldering debate that took place across the entire Middle East from the Euphrates to the Nile.