Voices of the Desert Mothers This is the fifth post of my Hidden Voices of Women Writers from Church History. So far we have looked at the prison diary of Perpetua, the centos of Faltonia Betitia Proba and Empress Eudocia and the travel diary of Egeria. In this final post of women writers from theContinue reading “Hidden Voices: Amma Syncletica and Amma Theodora “
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Celebrating Women Pioneers of the Early Church
The Desert Mothers The conversion of Emperor Constantine in 312 AD elevated Christianity to a state religion and brought an end to three centuries of state persecution. The church moved from the margins of society into the centre. It was at this time when Christians began to feel at home in the world that someContinue reading “Celebrating Women Pioneers of the Early Church”