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

by Demacopoulos, George E.

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Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, c2015.

Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604.

9780268026219 (paperback)

0268026211 (paperback)

viii, 236 pages ; 23 cm

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.

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