Images of sanctity in Eddius Stephanus' Life of Bishop Wilfrid, an early English saint's life /
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| Author / Creator: | Foley, William Trent, 1954- |
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| Imprint: | Lewiston [N.Y.] : E. Mellen, c1992. |
| Description: | x, 174 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1329796 |
Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Stephen's Life of Bishop Wilfrid, History or Hagiography? The Nature of Religious Convictions and Their Expression in Hagiographical Narrative. Internal vs. External History. Hagiography's Theological Dimensions. Saints as Signs. The Nature and Function of Stephen's Life of Wilfrid
- Ch. 2. Wilfrid as Type of Christ (I)--Persecuted Apostle, Prophet, and Confessor. The Typological Imagination in Paul and in Early Christianity. Stephen's Depiction of Wilfrid as a Type of Christ. The Literary Structure of Stephen's Life of Wilfrid. Predestined (Chapter 1). Called (Chapters 2-23). Justified (Chapters 24-55). Glorified (Chapters 56-68). A Theology of Persecution and Glorification. Clinging to the Promise: The Apostolic Teaching of the Roman See. Obedient Son and Commanding Father
- Ch. 3. Wilfrid as Type of Christ (II)--Pius Pater. The Father-Son Dialectic in Stephen's Life. The Theological Significance of Wilfrid's Fatherly Role. The Spiritual Father as Teacher. The Spiritual Father as Provider and Protector. The Spiritual Father as a Man of Power
- Ch. 4. A Cloud of Witnesses--Wilfrid and the Early Medieval Bishops of Rome and Lyon. The Quest for Wilfrid's Self-Understanding. Wilfrid and the Martyr in Rome and Lyon. Wilfrid and the Pius-Pater Type in Rome and Lyon. Development of Episcopal Authority in the West since the Fourth Century: A Brief Overview. Fatherly Pietas among the Early Seventh-Century Popes. Fatherly Pietas among the Archbishops of Lyon. Wilfrid's Hybrid Episcopal Piety
- Ch. 5. The Debate Over Sanctity--Remembering Wilfrid and Cuthbert. Two Types of Christlike Discipleship: Asceticism and Martyrdom. Two Types of Episcopal Authority: Personal and Official. Sanctity and the Problem of Heroism. Appendix I: Structural Outline of Stephen's Life of Bishop Wilfrid
- Appendix II: References and Allusions to Wilfrid as Biblical Type in Stephen's Life of Wilfrid
- Appendix III: Indexes of Scripture and Patristic Works to the Life of Bishop Wilfrid
- Appendix IV: A Word Comparison of Confessor, Prophet and Apostle in Stephen's Life of Bishop Wilfrid and the Anonymous Life of St. Cuthbert.