Optima Uxor/Impudica et perversa mulier en la epistolografía griega cristiana (s. IV-V)

According to a widespread opinion in the early Christian thought, in the Letters of the Greek Fathers of the IVth.-Vth. centuries can be detected a double -positive and negative- characterization of the female sex. On one hand, we find the perfect wife (optima uxor), created on the model of Mary, Je...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Torres, Juana María
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1995
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:20457
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/20457
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Cristianisme
Virgo
Vidua
Diacona
Maritata
Ascetisme
Caritat
Pecat original
Cultura grega
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Sumario:According to a widespread opinion in the early Christian thought, in the Letters of the Greek Fathers of the IVth.-Vth. centuries can be detected a double -positive and negative- characterization of the female sex. On one hand, we find the perfect wife (optima uxor), created on the model of Mary, Jesus'Mother. On the other hand, it appers the femina instrumentum diaboli, incarnation of evil and occasion of sin for men, an image drawn from the figure of Eve, responsible for having conducted mankind to perdition. The aim of this paper is to analysed how this dichotomy works.