School of Theology and Seminary Graduate Papers/Theses
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Date of Award
2-1999
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Theology
Department
School of Theology and Seminary
First Advisor
Columba Stewart OSB
Subject Categories
Christianity | History of Christianity | Religion
Abstract
In this essay, I attempt to bring to light something of the significance of The Life of the Blessed Syncretic (Vita Syncleticae) within the tradition of early Christian desert monastic literature. I divide this task into three parts. First, I report the fragments of data known about the work and examine elements of the text in relation to other ascetic works of the period. Next, I discuss how the Life's form, established through various literary devices, functions to convey and underscore the text's verbal theological content. Finally, I recapitulate the teachings of the Vita Syncleticae in systematically arranged theological categories that show how Syncletica's Life amplifies the teachings of Scripture.
Recommended Citation
Schaffer, Mary, "A Study of the Life of Blessed Syncletica" (1999). School of Theology and Seminary Graduate Papers/Theses. 1826.
https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/sot_papers/1826
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