Tertullian’s Use of the Pastoral Epistles, Hebrews, James, 1 and 2 Peter, and Jude

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A. Frisius
Keyword(s):  
Pastoral Epistles ◽  
2 Peter

Confirming God's Calling And Election In 2 Peter 1:10

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon M. EASTERHAUS
Keyword(s):  
Peter 1 ◽  
2 Peter

Jude and 2 Peter PB

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew M. Mbuvi
Keyword(s):  
2 Peter

The Pastoral Epistles

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Dibelius ◽  
Hans Conzelmann
Keyword(s):  
Pastoral Epistles

Salvation and Childbearing

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia D. Myers
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Pastoral Epistles ◽  
Early Christian ◽  
Roman World ◽  
Feminine Virtue

Augustus’s prioritization of family life to promote his own masculinity resulted in a simultaneous emphasis on motherhood in the Roman world. Not only did motherhood advertise a man’s masculine purposing of his woman/wife, but it was also a legitimate path to increased agency for free(d) women. Situated in this context, New Testament and other early Christian traditions offer varying constructions of “feminine virtue,” some of which prioritize or assume motherhood and others of which downplay or even reject it. This chapter examines these themes in the Pastoral Epistles, New Testament household codes (Col 3:18–4:3; Eph 5:21–6:9; 1 Pet 2:9–3:12), the Acts of Thecla, Acts of Andrew, and the Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas. In their sustained wrestling with and formations of Christian gender(s), these writings present salvation as masculinization for all followers of Christ, but they disagree on whether motherhood should be a part of this process.

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