“Bold and Having No Shame”: Ambiguous Widows, Controlling Clergy, and Early Syrian Communities

“Bold and Having No Shame”: Ambiguous Widows, Controlling Clergy, and Early Syrian CommunitiesHugoye: Journal of Syriac StudiesSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/37TDJTPY/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Michael PhilipPenn“Bold and Having No Shame”: Ambiguous Widows, Controlling Clergy, and Early Syrian Communitieshttp://syriaca.org/cbss/37TDJTPYhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/37TDJTPYhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/37TDJTPYHugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies4:22001An examination of the church order the <i>Didascalia </i>and its successor <i>The Apostolic Constitutions</i> illustrates different strategies early churches used to regulate Christian widows. These documents represent attempts by Christian leaders to resolve the widow's ambiguous status in early Christianity and to consolidate the clergy's power. They provide an important witness to the institutionalization of early Christian communities and the solidification of hierarchies based on divisions between men, women, clergy, and laity. Penn, Michael Philip. “‘Bold and Having No Shame’: Ambiguous Widows, Controlling Clergy, and Early Syrian Communities.” Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 4:2 (2001). Michael Philip Penn, ‘Bold and Having No Shame’: Ambiguous Widows, Controlling Clergy, and Early Syrian Communities, Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 4:2 (2001).DidascaliaI-III CEwidowswomen