A Modest Apostle: Thecla and the History of Women in the Early Church
Author
Susan E. Hylen
Content
xiii + 182 pp., ill., bibl., index
Publication date
2015
Publisher
New York: Oxford University Press
Description
Uses Thecla as an example of how women in the early Christian church were both constrained by society and could become leaders as deacons and widows partly through their virtuous behavior.
Main subject
Religion and Spirituality
ISBN
9780190243821 (cloth); 9780190463762 (ebook)
Citation
Hylen, Susan E. A Modest Apostle: Thecla and the History of Women in the Early Church. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015. Sylvia. Accessed May 20, 2024. https://sylvia.library.wisc.edu/catalog/SYL1804.
