Harlots of the desert :
Ward, Benedicta, 1933-
Harlots of the desert : a study of repentance in early monastic sources / Benedicta Ward. - Kalamazoo, MI : Cistercian Publications, c1987. - ix, 113 p. ; pbk ; 23 cm. - Cistercian studies series ; 106 . - Cistercian studies series ; no. 106. .
Includes translations of Latin texts selected from the Vitae patrum.
Includes bibliographies and index.
The theme of repentance --
St Mary Magdalene; the biblical model of repentance --
St Mary of Egypt: the liturgical icon of repentance --
Pelagia; beauty riding by --
Thais; how to receive a gift --
Maria the niece of Abraham; an image of salvation.
087907406X 0879076062 (pbk.)
88115977
Ex-prostitutes--Religious life--History.--Middle East
Nuns--History.--Middle East
Repentance--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
234.509015/WAR
Harlots of the desert : a study of repentance in early monastic sources / Benedicta Ward. - Kalamazoo, MI : Cistercian Publications, c1987. - ix, 113 p. ; pbk ; 23 cm. - Cistercian studies series ; 106 . - Cistercian studies series ; no. 106. .
Includes translations of Latin texts selected from the Vitae patrum.
Includes bibliographies and index.
The theme of repentance --
St Mary Magdalene; the biblical model of repentance --
St Mary of Egypt: the liturgical icon of repentance --
Pelagia; beauty riding by --
Thais; how to receive a gift --
Maria the niece of Abraham; an image of salvation.
087907406X 0879076062 (pbk.)
88115977
Ex-prostitutes--Religious life--History.--Middle East
Nuns--History.--Middle East
Repentance--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
234.509015/WAR
