Thecla
Subsequent readers of the Pauline letters found much in them to support both celibacy and noncelibate marriage. A century or so later, someone formulated a tale of an elite young virgin named Thecla, who renounced her engagement and left her family to adopt an ascetic, celibate form of Christian pra...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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2019
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The Oxford handbook of New Testament, gender, and sexuality
Year: 2019, Pages: 485-504 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Thecla Martyr ca. 1. Jh.
/ Paul Apostle
/ Celibacy
/ Virginity
/ Marriage
/ Tertullinus, von Rom, Heiliger -257
/ Apocryphal apostle acts
/ Woman
/ Ordination
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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