Maria Munkholt Christensen
YOU?
Author Swipe
View article: Nicaea and Women’s Ordained Ministry
Nicaea and Women’s Ordained Ministry Open
Looking to the forthcoming Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order, we might recollect that the fifth conference at Santiago de Compostela in 1993 spoke of “continuing our study” on the ordination of women, but this ambition has never be…
View article: “Light from Light”
“Light from Light” Open
This article examines the phrase “light from light” in the 4th‐century Nicene and Nicene‐Constantinopolitan creeds. The article begins by presenting the earliest use of light as a metaphor for Christ and his agency, as well as examples of …
View article: Meditatio mortis meditating on death, philosophy and gender in late antique hagioraphy
Meditatio mortis meditating on death, philosophy and gender in late antique hagioraphy Open
According to Socrates, as he is described in Plato?s Phaedo, the definition of a true philosopher is a wise man who is continuously practicing dying and being dead. Already in this life, the philosopher tries to free his soul from the body…
View article: Holy Women and Men as Teachers in Late Antique Christianity
Holy Women and Men as Teachers in Late Antique Christianity Open
This article shows how the theme of education was treated in late antique hagiographical discourse. Brief references are made to two ascetic archetypes, Antony and Macrina, who are both styled in their vitae in relation to education, eithe…