The Idea of Reform: Its Impact on Christian Thought and Action in the Age of the Fathers

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One. Varieties Of Renewal Ideology And The Christian Idea Of Reform -- Chapter I. Distinction Of The Idea Of Reform From Other Ideas Of Renewal -- Chapter Ii. Definition Of The Idea Of Reform -- Part Two. The Early Christian Idea Of Reform -- Chapter I. Pre-christian, Biblical, And Patristic Terminology Of Renewal And Reform -- Chapter Ii. The Pauline Idea Of Reform And Related Scriptural Concepts -- Chapter Iii. The Idea Of Reform In Greek Christian Thought Of The Patristic Period -- Chapter Iv. The Idea Of Reform In Latin Patristic Thought Before St. Augustine -- Chapter V. St. Augustine And The Difference Between The Reform Ideas Of The Christian East And West -- Chapter Vi. The Idea Of Reform In The Early Christian Liturgy -- Chapter Vii. The Idea Of Reform In Early Christian Canon Law And Sacramental Theology -- Part Three. Monasticism As A Vehicle Of The Christian Idea Of Reform In The Age Of The Fathers -- Chapter I. Monasticism As The Exemplary Christian Way Of Life -- Chapter Ii. Monks, Priests, Conversi -- Chapter Iii. The Transmission Of Augustinian Monasticism To Early Mediaeval Europe -- Excursus I. The Definition Of An Idea -- Excursus Ii. Metahistorical Preconceptions -- Excursus Iii. Some Patristic Distinctions Concerning Eternity, Aevum, And Time -- Excursus Iv. Points Of Contact Between St. Augustine And Modern Mathematics And Science -- Excursus V. St. Augustine's Attitude To The Socioeconomic Order Of His Time And A Recent Book On Donatism -- Abbreviations And Bibliography -- Addenda -- Index Gerhart B. Ladner. Mode Of Access: Internet Via World Wide Web. In English.