The third vision in the Shepherd of Hermas, written in Rome for the young Christian community there during the early part of the second century, is an allegory of the ideal construction of the church, and it may serve as a guide in examining the responses to greed in early Christian literature.
An edition of The Early History of Greed
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The Early History of Greed
The Sin of Avarice in Early Medieval Thought and Literature (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature)
by Richard Newhauser
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Avarice, History, Christian ethics, Christian moral & pastoral theology, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary Criticism, Medieval Church (476-1517), Religion And Art, Religion - Christian Life, Europe, Christian Life - General, Christian Theology - Ethics, European - General, Avarice--History, Literary Criticism & Collections / European, Literary Criticism-European - General, Religion / Christian Life, Religion-Christianity - Theology - Ethics, Christianity - Christian Life - General, Middle Ages, 600-1500, Literature, medieval, history and criticismShowing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
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The Early History of Greed: The Sin of Avarice in Early Medieval Thought and Literature (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature)
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The Early History of Greed: The Sin of Avarice in Early Medieval Thought and Literature (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature)
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"The third vision in the Shepherd of Hermas, written in Rome for the young Christian community there during the early part of the second century, is an allegory of the ideal construction of the church, and it may serve as a guide in examining the responses to greed in early Christian literature."
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