Christian Friendship in the Fourth Century

by Carolinne White

Book Overview

Friendship was a quality valued highly in ancient Greece and Rome, and was also regarded as highly significant in nascent Christianity. Carolinne White's aim in this study is to describe and compare the ideas about friendship developed by the Christians, whose culture was in many ways dependent upon its pagan background, and thus to develop a coherent picture of how the concept of friendship was understood in the fourth century. The Christian writers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052189249X
• ISBN13: 9780521892490
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"