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15 décembre 2016
- doi: 10.4000/books.psorbonne.2088
- isbn: 9782859445560
- eisbn: 9782859448370
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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monachisme ordres religieux religion iconoclasme Empire byzantin civilisation Byzance vie religieuse Religion History HIS037010 REL033000 HBLC HRAXSujets proches
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Alice-Mary Talbot et al., « Monastic Onomastics », Publications de la Sorbonne, ID : 10.4000/books.psorbonne.2088
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INTRODUCTION As Giles Constable has stated, “Entry into monastic life was a second baptism, which involved at the same time death to life in this world and rebirth into a life cleansed of sin.” As a result of this attitude it became traditional for Byzantine monks and nuns to assume a new name at the time of monastic tonsure to symbolize the end of their life in the secular world and their assumption of a new identity as a member of a monastic community. The clearest statement of this traditi...