Lynn H. Cohick (PhD, University of Pennsylvania) is distinguished professor of New Testament and director of Houston Theological Seminary in Houston, Texas, where she also leads the Doctor of Ministry program.Amy Brown Hughes (PhD, Wheaton College) is assistant professor of theology at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts.

• ContentsIntroduction1. Thecla: Christian Female Protomartyr and Virgin of the Church2. Perpetua and Felicitas: Mothers and Martyrs3. Christian Women in Catacomb Art4. From Pagan to Christian, Martyr to Ascetic5. Helena Augusta, "Mother of the Empire"6. Egeria's Itinerary and Christian Pilgrimage7. Macrina the Ascetic Entrepreneur and the "Unlearned" Wisdom of Monica8. Paula, Marcella, and the Melanias: Ascetics, Scholars, and Compatriots in Controversy9. Aelia Pulcheria, "Protectress of the Empire," and Empress Eudocia, a Theological PoetConclusion: Responsibly RememberingIndexes

Lynn H. Cohick (PhD, University of Pennsylvania) is distinguished professor of New Testament and director of Houston Theological Seminary in Houston, Texas, where she also leads the Doctor of Ministry program.Amy Brown Hughes (PhD, Wheaton College) is assistant professor of theology at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts.

• ContentsIntroduction1. Thecla: Christian Female Protomartyr and Virgin of the Church2. Perpetua and Felicitas: Mothers and Martyrs3. Christian Women in Catacomb Art4. From Pagan to Christian, Martyr to Ascetic5. Helena Augusta, "Mother of the Empire"6. Egeria's Itinerary and Christian Pilgrimage7. Macrina the Ascetic Entrepreneur and the "Unlearned" Wisdom of Monica8. Paula, Marcella, and the Melanias: Ascetics, Scholars, and Compatriots in Controversy9. Aelia Pulcheria, "Protectress of the Empire," and Empress Eudocia, a Theological PoetConclusion: Responsibly RememberingIndexes

Lynn H. Cohick (PhD, University of Pennsylvania) is distinguished professor of New Testament and director of Houston Theological Seminary in Houston, Texas, where she also leads the Doctor of Ministry program.Amy Brown Hughes (PhD, Wheaton College) is assistant professor of theology at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts.

• ContentsIntroduction1. Thecla: Christian Female Protomartyr and Virgin of the Church2. Perpetua and Felicitas: Mothers and Martyrs3. Christian Women in Catacomb Art4. From Pagan to Christian, Martyr to Ascetic5. Helena Augusta, "Mother of the Empire"6. Egeria's Itinerary and Christian Pilgrimage7. Macrina the Ascetic Entrepreneur and the "Unlearned" Wisdom of Monica8. Paula, Marcella, and the Melanias: Ascetics, Scholars, and Compatriots in Controversy9. Aelia Pulcheria, "Protectress of the Empire," and Empress Eudocia, a Theological PoetConclusion: Responsibly RememberingIndexes