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Discovering reliable information about women in early Christianity is a challenging enterprise. Most people have never heard of Bitalia, Veneranda, Crispina, Petronella, Leta, Sofia the Deacon, and many others even though their catacomb and tomb art suggests their authority was influential and valued by early Christian communities. This book explores visual imagery found on burial artifacts of prominent early Christian women. It carefully situates the tomb art within the cultural context of customary Roman commemorations of the dead. Recent scholarship about Roman portrait sarcophagi and the interpretation of early Christian art is also given significant attention. An in-depth review of womenæs history in the first four centuries of Christianity provides important context. A fascinating picture emerges of womenæs authority in the early church, a picture either not available or sadly distorted in the written history. It is often said "a picture is worth a thousand words." The portrait tombs of fourth-century Christian women suggest that they viewed themselves and/or their loved ones viewed them as persons of authority with religious influence. ** Church Religion & Spirituality Luthe

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Author

Christine Schenk CSJ

Publisher

Project Muse, Fortress Press

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781506411880

Category

religious

Subjects

History, Music, Christian

Rating

4.3 / 5 (26 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14