"Il genio femminile" nella storia della Chiesa. Episodi trattati dalla storia antica

The author sketches the historical events concerning six women belonging to the Early Church: Byzantine Empresses Pulcheria and Irene; Paula and Eustochium, who established a female monastery in Bethlehem; the Virgin Macrina, and the deaconess Olympia. Like many other women, they too played a very remarkable and even determining role for the Church’s life and theological development. In such a way, the intuition that John Paul II expressed in his letter Mulieris Dignitatem and that Pope Francis is repeatedly confirming is plainly substantiated: the so-called “feminine genius” is an exceptional source of spiritual energies for the Church and the world’s benefit.