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De Opere Monachorum and the Influence of Saint Augustine on Monasticism
(Creighton University, 1943)
It is the purpose of this thesis to demonstrate not only the importance and high esteem which St. Augustine held in monastic life, but also his influence on this form of life through his treatise De Opere Monachorum and ...
Greek Influence is Shelley
(Creighton University, 1933)
Shelley is deeply Indebted to Greece for his theory of art and philosophy of life. | As light, speeding from a distant planet, was once intercepted by a sufficiently delicate instrument and made to illuminate one of earth's ...
Irony in De Civitate Dei
(Creighton University, 1943)
Irony in the "De Civitate Dei” is a vital force and power of expression by which right is defended and truth avenged. In the above work, this figure so forms the basis of its logical treatment, that each situation, freighted ...
Saint Gregor's Career as Papal Ambassador
(Creighton University, 1948)
In the later stages of the Roman Empire, in view of the great importance attached to the relations between the popes and the imperial court of Constantinople, papal representatives were sent to Constantinople. They gradually ...
Plato's Influence Upon Justin Martyr as Shown in the Dialog with Trypho
(Creighton University, 1935)
Statement of the Thesis|1. Conversion of Justin marked a new era in gospel history because the intellectual enemies of the faith were met.|2. Justin's knowledge of Plato helped him to encounter the philosophers of the ...
The Missionary Spirit of Gregory the Great as Evidenced by His Interest in the Angles
(Creighton University, 1952)
The purpose of this study is to examine the missionary spirit of Gregory the Great in the light of his objectives, his interest, his plans, and the execution of his designs for the conversion of the Angles. This will be ...
Catiline as Portrayed by Cicero and Sallust
(Creighton University, 1924-06-11)
The documentary evidence we have of Catiline has "been written chiefly by Sallust, Cicero and Plutarch. The last named mentions him in his lives of Caesar and Cicero.|All of these men have failed to give us a true portrayal ...
A Literary and Critical Study of the Natalicia Composed by Saint Paulinus of Lola
(Creighton University, 1944)
In this treatise we shall endeavor to set forth the contribution made by Saint Paulinus of Nola to early Christian poetry. The principal sources at our disposal for a literary study of this author’s works are as follows: ...
The Influence of Saint Augustine Upon Pope Saint Gregory the Great in his Regula Pastoralis
(Creighton University, 1945)
Letters and discourses of great men throw valuable side-lights, not only on their own personal character and history, but also on the religious, political, and economic aspects of the times in which they lived. |Pope St. ...
Some Major Figures of Speech in the "De Beata Vita” of St. Augustine
(Creighton University, 1948)
St, Augustine was firmly grounded In classical tradition yet the powerful Influence of rhetoric on literature resulted in his use of vivid and picturesque modes of expression. |In the "De Beata Vita" this picturesqueness ...