Gregory the Great : ascetic, pastor, and first man of Rome / George E. Demacopoulos.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Demacopoulos, George E.
Language:English
Published: Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Gregory > I, > Pope, > approximately 540-604.
Gregory / I / Pope / approximately 540-604.
Gregor > I, > Papst, > 540-604.
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Physical Description:viii, 236 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Part 1. Gregory as ascetic theologian
  • A theology of asceticism
  • Fall, redemption, and the ascetic's filter
  • Ecclesiology and the rhetoric of episcopal equality
  • Some mystical attributes of Gregory's ascetic theology
  • part 2. Gregory as pastoral theologian
  • The importance of spiritual leadership
  • The recruitment of leaders
  • The tasks of the spiritual leader
  • The impediments to effective leadership
  • Part 3. Gregory as "first man" of Rome
  • The Rome of Gregory's imagination
  • Ever the praefect: Gregory's "secular" responsibilities
  • Gregory's ascetic program and its opponents
  • Prefect of the Roman church
  • Spreading Christianity beyond the Roman world
  • The steward of Peter's tomb
  • Conclusion: The apostolic steward.