Gregory the Great
Subtitle: ascetic, pastor, and first man of Rome
By: George E. Demacopoulos
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780268026219; 9780268077860
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-231) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Gregory as ascetic theologian; title: A theology of asceticism; title: Fall, redemption, and the ascetic's filter; title: Ecclesiology and the rhetoric of episcopal equality; title: Some mystical attributes of Gregory's ascetic theology; title: part 2. Gregory as pastoral theologian; title: The importance of spiritual leadership; title: The recruitment of leaders; title: The tasks of the spiritual leader; title: The impediments to effective leadership; title: Part 3. Gregory as "first man" of Rome; title: The Rome of Gregory's imagination; title: Ever the praefect: Gregory's "secular" responsibilities; title: Gregory's ascetic program and its opponents; title: Prefect of the Roman church; title: Spreading Christianity beyond the Roman world; title: The steward of Peter's tomb; title: Conclusion: The apostolic steward.