Pagan Virtue in a Christian World

Pagan Virtue in a Christian World
Author: Anthony F. D'Elia
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2016-01-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 0674088549

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In 1462 Pope Pius II performed the only reverse canonization in history, damning a living man to an afterlife of torment. What had Sigismondo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini and a patron of the arts, done to merit this fate? Anthony D’Elia shows how the recovery of classical literature and art during the Italian Renaissance led to a revival of paganism.


Pagan Virtue in a Christian World
Language: en
Pages: 367
Authors: Anthony F. D'Elia
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-01-04 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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In 1462 Pope Pius II performed the only reverse canonization in history, damning a living man to an afterlife of torment. What had Sigismondo Malatesta, Lord of
Pagan Virtue
Language: en
Pages: 260
Authors: John Casey
Categories: Cardinal virtues
Type: BOOK - Published: 1990 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Dr Casey argues that the classical virtues of courage, temperance, practical wisdom, and justice, which are largely ignored in modern moral philosophy, centrall
Christian Grace and Pagan Virtue
Language: en
Pages: 340
Authors: J. Warren Smith
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-01-27 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Warren Smith examines the neglected biblical, liturgical and theological foundations of Ambrose's thought on ethics. Earlier studies have found little that was
Ethics as a Work of Charity
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: David Decosimo
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-10-01 - Publisher: Stanford University Press

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Most of us wonder how to make sense of the apparent moral excellences or virtues of those who have different visions of the good life or different religious com
Pagan Virtue in a Christian World
Language: en
Pages: 368
Authors: Anthony F. D'Elia
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-01-04 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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In 1462 Pope Pius II performed the only reverse canonization in history, damning a living man to an afterlife of torment. What had Sigismondo Malatesta, Lord of