On Basil, Moses, and the Model Bishop
The Cappadocian Legacy of Leadership
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3565035 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrea Sterk (University of Notre Dame, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 227-253 |
| Publication date | 1998-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Church History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-6407 • E-ISSN: 1755-2613 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3169760 |
| OpenAlex | W2166249167 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 9 |
Toward the end of the third century Bishop Narcissus of Jerusalem retired to the desert to escape the burdens and intrigues of the episcopate and devote himself to the "philosophic life." By the sixth century we find much more often the reverse phenomenon-monks, with alleged unwillingness, abandoning the peace and solitude of the desert to engage in active episcopal careers. The intervening period saw the phenomenal spread of the monastic movement and its gradual assimilation by the hierarchy of the church. Monasteries contained rising numbers of ordainedpriests and deacons, and bishops were increasingly chosen from the ranks of monks. This process accelerated in the Christian East to such an extent that from the sixth century on monasteries are said to have served as virtual "seminaries for bishops
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · Bishops · Desert (philosophy) · Epistemology · Hierarchy · Literature · Period (music) · Political science · Solitude · Theology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Byzantine Studies and History · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2004 - 2010 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |