Temptation in the Cell: Dangerous Closeness and Redeeming Love in a Byzantine Narrative of Paired Monks

  • Barbara Crostini
Palabras clave: Christian ethics, Monasticism, Narratives, Asceticism, Eleventh Century

Resumen

The close relationship of a pair of monks, an elder and a young disciple, is analyzed from a recently published apophthegm in an eleventh-century Greek manuscript in Uppsala, Sweden. This narrative is simple in style, but rich in implications for the window it opens on Christian ethics in a semi-solitary monastic context. Human failure highlights patience and forgiveness within a loving relationship. Careful handling of the crisis by the young disciple succeeds in granting the tempted elder, through God’s grace, eternal salvation.

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Publicado
2018-02-10
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Crostini, B. (2018). Temptation in the Cell: Dangerous Closeness and Redeeming Love in a Byzantine Narrative of Paired Monks. Anales De Filología Clásica, 1(31), 49-64. https://doi.org/10.34096/afc.v1i31.6140