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Kristianizácia neskorej antiky a téma pokánia
Christianization in Late Antiquity and the Theme of Penance

Author(s): Peter Olexák
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History of Church(es), Theology and Religion
Published by: VERBUM - vydavateľstvo Katolíckej univerzity v Ružomberku
Keywords: penitence; christianization; Late Antiquity;

Summary/Abstract: The paper traces the christianization of the West by focusing on the practice of penitence and discipline. It attempts to uncover hidden traces of a changing mentality of the individual and the society. This procedure is presented as a viable path toward obtaining an insight of how Europe had been in fact christianized.

  • Issue Year: XV/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 66-76
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Slovak