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The heart of this book is a reading of the letters of Paulinus of Nola, aristocratic convert to Christianity of the late fourth‐century, and his correspondents, most notably St Augustine of Hippo. We begin with an analysis of letter writing in late antiquity; we investigate the letters as traces of fuller historical events, emphasize the importance of the letter carriers, and conclude that the letters have a sacramental function. The notion of spiritual community created and sustained by the letters is explored through discussions of Christian friendship, and of the patterns of imagistic thought which facilitate the spiritual interpretation of mundane events. Finally, we demonstrate how Paulinus’ notion of spiritual community leads to a novel conception of the self as truly relational. The impact of these letters, and of the epistolary mode, on the formation of Christian ways of life and thought is extraordinary.

Self. --- Church history --- Moi (Psychologie) --- Eglise --- Histoire --- Paulinus, --- Self --- 276 =71 PAULINUS NOLANUS --- -Christianity --- Ecclesiastical history --- History, Church --- History, Ecclesiastical --- History --- Christianity --- Personal identity --- Consciousness --- Individuality --- Mind and body --- Personality --- Thought and thinking --- Will --- Latijnse patrologie--PAULINUS NOLANUS --- Paulinus of Nola, Saint --- -Latijnse patrologie--PAULINUS NOLANUS --- -Personal identity --- Apostolic Church --- Church, Apostolic --- Early Christianity --- Early church --- Primitive and early church --- Primitive Christianity --- Fathers of the church --- Great Apostasy (Mormon doctrine) --- Di Nola, Paolino, --- Meropius Pontius Anicius Paulinus, --- Nola, Paulinus of, --- Paolino, --- Paulin, --- Paulinus Nolanus, --- Pontius Meropius Anicius Paulinus, --- Pontius Meropius Paulinus Nolanus, --- Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 --- Paulinus, - of Nola, Saint, - approximately 353-431 --- Paulinus ep. Nolanus --- Christian art and symbolism.