David G Hunter

Marriage, Celibacy, and Heresy in Ancient Christianity

The Jovinianist Controversy

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Produktbeschreibung

discussion Hunter sheds new light on the origins of Christian asceticism, the rise of clerical celibacy, the development of Marian doctrine, and the formation of 'orthodoxy' and 'heresy' in early Christianity.

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The first major study in English of the 'heretic' Jovinian and the Jovinianist controversy. David G. Hunter examines early Christian views on marriage and celibacy and the development of an anti-heretical tradition. Hunter sheds new light on the origins of Christian asceticism, and the formation of 'orthodoxy' and 'heresy' in early Christianity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 166mm x 238mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 644g
• ISBN-13: 9780199279784
• ISBN-10: 0199279780
• Artikelnr.: 21344892

Autorenporträt

David G. Hunter is Professor of Religious Studies and Monsignor James A. Supple Chair of Catholic Studies, Iowa State University.

Inhaltsangabe

I. Jovinian and his world
1: Reconstructing Jovinian
2: Jovinian and Christian Rome
II. Jovinian, heresy, and asceticism
3: Asceticism, heresy, and early Christian tradition
4: Jovinian, Heresy, and fourth-century asceticism
5: Mary ever virgin? Jovinian and Marian heresy
III. Jovinian and his opponents
6: Against Jovinian: From Siricius to Jerome
7: After Jovinian: Marriage and celibacy in Western theology
Conclusion