Perpetua of Carthage - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Perpetua of Carthage write by William Farina. This book was released on 2014-11-21. Perpetua of Carthage available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is a study of the life and times of Saint Perpetua, Saint Felicity and their companions, all martyred at Carthage in A.D. 203. Unlike most early Christian saints, whose lives are often shrouded in legend and myth, Perpetua left an authentic prison diary, later completed by an anonymous eyewitness to her execution, that is now considered a classic of Christian, Latin and feminist literature. Perpetua was also unusual in that she was wealthy, educated, married, and a young mother. The book includes the first English translations of French archaeological scholarship covering the discovery of the martyrs' tombs.
Climbing the Dragon's Ladder: The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas
Climbing the Dragon's Ladder: The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Climbing the Dragon's Ladder: The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas write by Andrea Molinari. This book was released on 2019-08-03. Climbing the Dragon's Ladder: The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Perpetua, born in the 2nd century AD, was a martyr, a mystic and, interestingly enough, the first known woman Christian writer. She left behind a diary that outlined her personal experiences, feelings and visions as she languished in prison, awaiting her execution. Sometime after her death, a Christian eyewitness to these brutal events edited her journal and appended additional relevant materials such as a vision recorded by one of her companions and a 'blow by blow' account of the martyrs' final moments in the gladiatorial arena in Carthage AD 203. Here are the events of Perpetua and her companions' life and those of the larger historical period that weaves a believable back-story of ordinary men and women who are caught up in events that test their faith in God and their commitment to Christianity. This is a story of faith under fire, of courage in the face of terrible loss and deprivation and of the human will to hope, even when things are at their darkest. Featuring over 30 illustrations to assist in depicting this story.
Prophecy in Carthage
Prophecy in Carthage - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Prophecy in Carthage write by Cecil M. Robeck. This book was released on 1992. Prophecy in Carthage available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From the perspectives of a laywoman, a bishop, and a theologian, he looks at connections between prophetic phenomena - on the rise in Carthage at that time and in decline elsewhere - and ecclesiastical expectations.
The Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas in Late Antiquity
The Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas in Late Antiquity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas in Late Antiquity write by . This book was released on 2021-03-10. The Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas in Late Antiquity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume gathers all available evidence for the martyrdoms of Perpetua and Felicitas, two Christian women who became, in the centuries after their deaths in 203 CE, revered throughout the Roman world. Whereas they are now known primarily through a popular third-century account, numerous lesser known texts attest to the profound place they held in the lives of Christians in late antiquity. This book brings together narratives in their original languages with accompanying English translations, including many related entries from calendars, martyrologies, sacramentaries, and chronicles, as well as artistic representations and inscriptions. As a whole, the collection offers readers a robust view of the veneration of Perpetua and Felicitas over the course of six centuries, examining the diverse ways that a third-century Latin tradition was appreciated, appropriated, and transformed as it circulated throughout the late antique world.
Passio SS. Perpetuae Et Felicitatis Engl
Passio SS. Perpetuae Et Felicitatis Engl - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Passio SS. Perpetuae Et Felicitatis Engl write by Thomas J. Heffernan. This book was released on 2012-06-18. Passio SS. Perpetuae Et Felicitatis Engl available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. One of the most widely read and studied texts composed in Late Antiquity is the prison diary of Vibia Perpetua, a young woman of the elite classes who was martyred in March of the year 202 or 203 C.E. in Carthage, as part of a civic celebration honoring Caesar Geta. She was well-married and had recently become the mother of a baby son, but despite her advantages, she refused to recant her faith when she was arrested with other recent converts to Christianity. Imprisoned with her was her pregnant slave Felicity. Perpetua's steadfastness in her belief led to her martyrdom in the amphitheater. A description of the heroic deaths of both women, and the autobiography of one of the leaders of the Christian community, Saturus, is woven into Perpetua's diary by an anonymous editor, who tells us that, as they died, Perpetua, Felicity, and the other condemned Christians bid farewell with a kiss of peace.This unique and precious text survives in one Greek and in nine Latin manuscript versions. Thomas Heffernan's new study contains much that has never been done before, including a prosopography of all the individuals mentioned in the Passion, a new English translation and the first detailed historical commentary in English on the entire narrative of the Passion. It also includes a newly edited version of the Latin text based on all the extant manuscripts and - rarer still - the Greek text. He concludes the book with a complete codicological description of all of the known manuscripts and thorough scholarly indices of the text itself. Perpetua's prison diary is a revered text of early Christianity, and Heffernan's new translation and commentary brings unprecedented scholarly resources to the much-loved Passion.
