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Concerning Widows
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language : en
Publisher: Fig
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Concerning Widows
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Author : Saint Ambrose
language : en
Publisher: Aeterna Press
Release Date : 2016-04-17
Concerning Widows written by Saint Ambrose and has been published by Aeterna Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-17 with Religion categories.
After having written about virgins, it seemed needful to say something concerning widows, since the Apostle joins the two classes together, and the latter are as it were teachers of the former, and far superior to those who are married. Elijah was sent to a widow, a great mark of honour; yet widows are not honourable like her of Sarepta, unless they copy her virtues, notably hospitality. The avarice of men is rebuked, who forfeit the promises of God by their grasping.
The Book Concerning Widows
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Author : St Ambrose
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-07-28
The Book Concerning Widows written by St Ambrose and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-28 with Religion categories.
THE writer informs us himself at the beginning of his treatise that he felt moved by the example of St. Paul, after speaking about virgins, to continue with the subject of widows. But there was also another matter in his own diocese which touched him personally, and caused him at once to take up the matter. A certain widow who had several daughters, some married already and others of marriageable age, began to think of a second marriage for herself. St. Ambrose, partly for her own sake, partly that it might not be supposed that he had in any way advised the step, published the following treatise. In the first place he affirms that the profession of widowhood comes very close to that of virginity, and is to be esteemed far above the married state. He proves this by the testimony of St. Paul and by his description of one who is a widow indeed; also by many examples taken both from the old and New Testament. Having mentioned St. Peter's wife's mother, he turns more particularly to the widow for whose sake he is writing, though he avoids mentioning her name, pointing out how really empty and insufficient are all the reasons she is setting before herself for marrying again. The marriage bond is, indeed, he says, holy and good, and the married and single are as various kinds of flowers in the field of the church. There is, however, more corn produced than lilies, more that is married than virgin. He points out that widowhood has been held in dishonor by idolaters alone, for which reason it may well be held in honor by Christians. St. Ambrose does not condemn a second marriage, though placing widowhood before it, as being bound to aim at leading those committed to his loving care to the highest possible degree of perfection. The treatise was written not long after that concerning Virgins, that is, soon after A.D. 377.
St Ambrose The Book Concerning Widows
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Author : St Ambrose
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-01-10
St Ambrose The Book Concerning Widows written by St Ambrose and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-10 with categories.
THE writer informs us himself at the beginning of his treatise that he felt moved by the example of St. Paul, after speaking about virgins, to continue with the subject of widows. But there was also another matter in his own diocese which touched him personally, and caused him at once to take up the matter. A certain widow who had several daughters, some married already and others ofmarriageable age, began to think of a second marriage for herself. St. Ambrose, partly for her own sake, partly that it might not be supposed that he had in any way advised the step, published the following treatise.In the first place he affirms that the profession of widowhood comes very close to that of virginity, and is to be esteemed far above the married state. He proves this by the testimony of St. Paul and by his description of one who is a widow indeed; also by many examples taken both from the old and New Testament. Having mentioned St. Peter's wife's mother, he turns more particularly to the widow for whose sake he is writing, though he avoids mentioning her name, pointing out how really empty and insufficient are all the reasons she is setting before herself for marrying again. The marriage bond is, indeed, he says, holy and good, and the married and single are as various kinds of flowers in the field of the church. There is, however, more corn produced than lilies, more that is married than virgin. He points out that widowhood has been held in dishonor by idolaters alone, for which reason it may well be held in honor by Christians. St. Ambrose does not condemn a second marriage, though placing widowhood before it, as being bound to aim at leading those committed to his loving care to the highest possible degree of perfection. The treatise was written not long after that concerning Virgins, that is, soon after A.D. 377.
On Becoming A Widow
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Author : Clarissa Start
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
On Becoming A Widow written by Clarissa Start and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Consolation categories.
A popular journalist describes her sudden widowhood and how she reshaped her life as a woman alone--cover blurb.
Daughters Wives And Widows
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Author : Joan Larsen Klein
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Daughters Wives And Widows written by Joan Larsen Klein and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Wonders Of Widowhood
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Author : Deborah J Claxton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-09
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High Ranking Widows In Medieval Iceland And Yorkshire
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Author : Philadelphia Ricketts
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2010-09-24
High Ranking Widows In Medieval Iceland And Yorkshire written by Philadelphia Ricketts and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-24 with History categories.
Through the juxtaposition of legal theory and practice and the utilization of detailed family reconstruction, a comparison of the property, remarriage and identity of widows in two fundamentally different societies provides a fresh approach which reconsiders generalizations about widows’ independence.
The Profession Of Widowhood
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Author : Katherine Clark Walter
language : en
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Release Date : 2018-09-21
The Profession Of Widowhood written by Katherine Clark Walter and has been published by Catholic University of America Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-21 with History categories.
The Profession of Widowhood explores how the idea of ‘true’ widowhood was central to pre-modern ideas concerning marriage and of female identity more generally. The medieval figure of the Christian vere vidua or “good” widow evolved from and reinforced ancient social and religious sensibilities of chastity, loyalty and grief as gendered ‘work.’ The ideal widow was a virtuous woman who mourned her dead husband in chastity, solitude, and most importantly, in perpetuity, marking her as “a widow indeed” (1 Tim 5:5). The widow who failed to display adequate grief fulfilled the stereotype of the ‘merry widow’ who forgot her departed spouse and abused her sexual and social freedom. Stereotypes of widows ‘good’ and ‘bad’ served highly-charged ideological functions in pre-modern culture, and have remained durable even in modern times, even as Western secular society now focuses more on a woman’s recovery from grief and possible re-coupling than the expectation that she remain forever widowed. The widow represented not only the powerful bond created by love and marriage, but also embodied the conventions of grief that ordered the response when those bonds were broken by premature death. This notion of the widow as both a passive memorial to her husband and as an active ‘rememberer’ was rooted in ancient traditions, and appropriated by early Christian and medieval authors who used “good” widowhood to describe the varieties of female celibacy and to define the social and gender order. A tradition of widowhood characterized by chastity, solitude, and permanent bereavement affirmed both the sexual mores and political agenda of the medieval Church. Medieval widows—both holy women recognized as saints and ‘ordinary women’ in medieval daily life—recognized this tradition of professed chastity in widowhood not only as a valuable strategy for avoiding remarriage and protecting their independence, but as a state with inherent dignity that afforded opportunities for spiritual development in this world and eternal merit in the next.
Social Security Benefits For Widows And Spouses
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Social Security
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Social Security Benefits For Widows And Spouses written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Social Security and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Social security categories.