(Church Hist: Early-Reformation)
Due: Primary Source Reflection #4 (Gregory of Nyssa/Letters of Cyril of Alexandria and Nestorius of Constantinople/Inscriiption of the Monument of the Church of the East in Xian)
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What attributes does Gregory describe in his sister? What were the most important aspects of her life of faith? Based on the Life of Macrina, what roles are there for women in the church?
What language does Cyril and Nestorius use to describe Christ? How it is similar, how is it different?
What institutions and practices in Chinese Christianity are described? What is the relationship between the church and the imperial government?
PRIMARY SOURCE READINGS
Justo L. Gonzalez, The Story of Christianity: Volume 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the
Reformation Revised and Updated (New York: Harper One, 2010)
Gonzalez, pp. 193-240; chs. 18-23
Leanne M. Dzubinski and Anneke H. Stasson, Women in the Mission of the Church: Their Opportunities and Obstacles throughout Christian History (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2021), 59-82.
RWCH:
Gregory of Nyssa, Life of Macrina (pp. 147-155)
Letters of Cyril of Alexandria and Nestorius of Constantinople (pp. 165-174)
Inscriiption of the Monument of the Church of the East in Xian (pp. 243-247)
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