Macrina, 330 - 379 or 380 - HIS 216 & REL 216 Church History I: Ancient & Middle Ages

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The Life of Saint Macrina by Kevin Corrigan (Translator); Gregory
ISBN: 9781597523899
Publication Date: 2005-09-21
Saint Macrina (327 - 370) was a major guiding force in the early development of monasticism and it was through her example that her brother, Saint Basil the Great, was inspired to establish one of the first monastic communities. This life, written by her other famous brother, Saint Gregory of Nyssa, is one of the masterpieces of Christian literature.
Redeemed Bodies: Women Martyrs in Early Christianity by Gail P. C. Streete
Publication Date: 2009-06-22
Why do religious people choose paths that lead to their deaths as martyrs? Why do some who are killed for their faith become known and revered while others do not? Gail Streete asks these important and disturbing questions in the context of early Christianity, looking at the stories of martyred women such as Macrina, Thecla, Perpetua, and Felicitas--women whose stories helped shape Christian faith for centuries, yet are all but forgotten in the modern world.
Matrology: a bibliography of writings by Christian women from the first to the fifteenth centuries by Andrew Kadel
ISBN: 9780826406767
Publication Date: 1994-12-01
In contrast with the major reference works of male theologians (patrologies), this bibliography of the words of the mothers lists every Christian woman who wrote before 1500 CE and her writings that have appeared in print since 1800. Includes a section on Macrina.
Christianity and Classical Culture: the metamorphosis of natural theology in the Christian encounter with Hellenism
Publication Date: 1995-02-22
The momentous encounter between Christian thought and Greek philosophy reached a high point in fourth-century Byzantium, and the principal actors were four Greek-speaking Christian thinkers whose collective influence on the Eastern Church was comparable to that of Augustine on Western Latin Christendom. In this erudite and informative book, a distinguished scholar provides the first coherent account of the lives and writings of these so-called Cappadocians.
Callings: Twenty Centuries of Christian Wisdom on Vocation by William C. Placher (Editor)
Publication Date: 2005-07-26
Includes a chapter: The life of Macrina / Gregory of Nyssa

The Life of Saint Macrina by Kevin Corrigan
Publication Date: 2005
Introduction -- The fourth century : the human faces of Gregory and Macrina -- Traditional typology for Macrina & the ideal of philosophy -- Texts, translations & abbreviations -- Translation: from Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, a letter on the life of Saint Macrina.
God is not reasonable : and other tales of Mother Macrina by Irma Zaleski
Publication Date: 2006
Christianity and Classical Culture by Andrew P. Morriss; Bruce Yandle; Andrew Dorchak
Publication Date: 2003-12-11
In this erudite and informative book, a distinguished scholar provides the first coherent account of the lives and writings of these so-called Cappadocians (named for a region in what is now eastern Turkey), showing how they managed to be Greek and Christian at the same time. Jaroslav Pelikan describes the four Cappadocians--Gregory of Nazianzus, Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, and Macrina, sister and teacher of the last two--who were trained in Classical culture, philosophy, and rhetoric but who were also defenders and expositors of Christian orthodoxy.