{"product_id":"early-christian-biographies-paperback-1","title":"Early Christian Biographies - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePontius\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRoy J. Defferari\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost readers are quite likely to have some basic information about St. Cyprian (d. 258), St. Ambrose (ca. 339-397) and St. Augustine (354-430). Fewer readers are likely to be equally informed about St. Anthony (251?-356), St. Paul the Hermit (d. ca.340), St. Hilarion (ca. 291-371) and St. Epiphanius (438\/439-496\/497). Perhaps hardly any reader is acquainted with the holy monk Malchus, presumably a contemporary of St. Jerome (ca. 342-420) and son of a tenant farmer near Nisbis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost of the saints' lives presented here, though the volume is entitled \u003ci\u003eEarly Christian Biographies, \u003c\/i\u003e belong in reality to quite another category, hagiography. The primary requisite of this genre is to serve a religious purpose: edification. Herein hagiography differs considerably from a modern critical biography which demands historically verifiable events and accounts. Nevertheless the account of Malchus, as it is presented in this volume, is unique. St. Jerome writes: \"Drawn by curiosity I approached the man and inquired with eager interest if there were any truth in what I had heard. He related the following story\" (p. 288). If we may take St. Jerome at his word, the \u003ci\u003eLife of Malchus\u003c\/i\u003e could well be an autobiography. In any event, many generations have come to look upon these accounts as classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 422\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 26, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42596824121440,"sku":"9780813213095","price":99.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/MVlhd0dKVFd3cHQ4Unhwa0hCU0Fodz09.webp?v=1771664110","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/early-christian-biographies-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}