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  • Women in the Apostolic Fathers: Greetings in Ignatius

    This post is part of an ongoing series examining Women in the Apostolic Fathers. Although characteristically brief, epistolary greetings provide further insights into the contexts and conceptions of Ignatius and Polycarp regarding Christian women.[1]

  • Women in the Apostolic Fathers: Familial Expectations in Polycarp

    This post is part of an ongoing series examining Women in the Apostolic Fathers. If Ignatius’s remarks on household order are brief, then Polycarp’s are nearly non-existent, both in terms of length and the treatment given to them by existing scholarship.

  • Recommended Reading: April 30-May 6

    If you read one article this week, engage Should Christians Vote for the Lesser of Two Evils? by Russell Moore. For those of you with additional reading time, check out the following selections, gathered (as always) from around the blogging world.

  • Women in the Apostolic Fathers: Familial Expectations in Ignatius (Part III)

    This post is part of an ongoing series examining Women in the Apostolic Fathers. Ignatius’s Epistle to Polycarp 5.2[1] εἴ τις δύναται ἐν ἁγνείᾳ μένειν εἰς τιμὴν τῆς σαρκὸς τοῦ κυρίου, ἐν ἀκαυχησίᾳ μενέτω. ἐὰν καυχήσηται, ἀπώλετο, καὶ ἐὰν γνωσθῇ πλέον τοῦ ἐπισκόπου, ἔφθαρται. πρέπει δὲ τοῖς γαμοῦσι καὶ ταῖς γαμουμέναις μετὰ γνώμης τοῦ ἐπισκόπου…

  • Women in the Apostolic Fathers: Familial Expectations in Ignatius (Part II)

    This post is part of an ongoing series examining Women in the Apostolic Fathers. Ignatius’s Epistle to Polycarp 4.3[1] δούλους καὶ δούλας μὴ ὑπερηφάνει· ἀλλὰ μηδὲ αὐτοὶ φυσιούσθωσαν, ἀλλ᾿ εἰς δόξαν θεοῦ πλέον δουλευέτωσαν, ἵνα κρείττονος ἐλευθερίας ἀπὸ θεοῦ τύχωσιν. μὴ ἐράτωσαν ἀπὸ τοῦ κοινοῦ ἐλευθεροῦσθαι, ἵνα μὴ δοῦλοι εὑρεθῶσιν ἐπιθυμίας. Do not be arrogant…

  • Recommended Readings: April 23-30

    If you read one article today, make it Have You Noticed Beauty? by Johanna Byrkett. For those of you not swamped with finals, projects, and comprehensive exams (my excuse for the lateness of this post), check out the additional suggestions below. Think I missed sharing an important article? Let me know in the comments below.

  • Women in the Apostolic Fathers: Familial Expectations in Ignatius (Part I)

    This post is part of an ongoing series examining Women in the Apostolic Fathers. While the Apostolic Fathers by-and-large eschew the household codes which are so prevalent in Pauline and post-Pauline literature, Ignatius’s Epistle to Polycarp and Polycarp’s Epistle to the Philippians each contain a section reminiscent  of Greco-Roman household duties.

  • Women in the Apostolic Fathers: Christ and the Church in 2 Clement

    This post is part of an ongoing series examining Women in the Apostolic Fathers. The section of Second Clement which most clearly references women has been called “undoubtedly the most complex part of the whole of the text of 2 Clement.”[1] Not only is the text itself not entirely certain at points, but the author’s…

  • Women in the Apostolic Fathers: Paranetic Women in 1 Clement (Part II)

    This post is part of an ongoing series examining Women in the Apostolic Fathers. 1 Clement 12.1-8[1] Διὰ πίστιν καὶ φιλοξενίαν ἐσώθη Ῥαὰβ ἡ πόρνη…. 3. ἡ οὖν φιλόξενος Ῥαὰβ εἰσδεξαμένη αὐτοὺς ἔκρυψεν εἰς τὸ ὑπερῷον ὑπὸ τὴν λινοκαλάμην…. 7. καὶ προσέθεντο αὐτῇ δοῦναι σημεῖον, ὅπως ἐκκρεμάσῃ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτῆς κόκκινον, πρόδηλον ποιοῦντες ὅτι…

  • Women in the Apostolic Fathers: Paranetic Women in 1 Clement (Part I)

    This post is part of an ongoing series examining Women in the Apostolic Fathers. Women’s voices are not directly heard in First Clement, although a number of women do appear as characters in Clement’s exhortations to the Corinthian church. While Trevett argues that Clement singled out the “uppity women” of Corinth, this seems unlikely for…