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Gregory the Great: perfection in imperfection

✍ Scribed by Carole Ellen Straw

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
1988
Tongue
English
Leaves
312
Series
Transformation of the Classical Heritage
Category
Library
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✦ Table of Contents

Frontmatter
List of Figures (page ix)
Notes on Sources and Abbreviations (page xi)
Acknowledgments (page xiii)
INTRODUCTION (page 1)
I: MICROCOSM AND MEDIATOR (page 28)
II: A SACRAMENTAL VISION (page 47)
III: THE SAINT AND THE SOCIAL MEANING OF STABILITY (page 66)
IV: SOLIDITAS CARITATIS (page 90)
V: LUBRICA MUTABILITAS (page 107)
VI: THE LOGIC OF ASCETICISM (page 128)
VII: THE MEDIATOR OF GOD AND MAN (page 147)
VIII: THE GOD-MAN AND THE NEW DISPENSATION (page 162)
IX: THE SACRIFICE OF A CONTRITE HEART (page 179)
X: REFORM AND THE PREACHER (page 194)
XI: THE JUST PENITENT (page 213)
XII: CONSTANTIA MENTIS (page 236)
CONCLUSION (page 257)
Bibliographical Essay (page 261)
Index (page 267)

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