"Il genio femminile" nella storia della Chiesa. Episodi trattati dalla storia antica

• Authors: Spataro Roberto

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“The feminine genius” in the history of the Church. Episodes from the ancient history

• Languages of publication: IT

Abstracts

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The author sketches the historical events concerning six women belonging to the Early Church: Byzantine Empresses Pulcheria and Irene; Paula and Eustochium, who established a female monastery in Bethlehem; the Virgin Macrina, and the deaconess Olympia. Like many other women, they too played a very remarkable and even determining role for the Church’s life and theological development. In such a way, the intuition that John Paul II expressed in his letter Mulieris Dignitatem and that Pope Francis is repeatedly confirming is plainly substantiated: the so-called “feminine genius” is an exceptional source of spiritual energies for the Church and the world’s benefit.

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
• Journal: Saeculum Christianum. Pismo Historyczne
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 20
• Pages: 7-17

Contributors

author

Spataro Roberto

• Papieski Uniwersytet Salezjański, Rzym

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