David G. Hunter

Marriage, Celibacy, and Heresy in Ancient Christianity

The Jovinianist Controversy

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Produktbeschreibung

The first major study in English of 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP UK
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 515g
• ISBN-13: 9780199565535
• ISBN-10: 0199565538
• Artikelnr.: 26885765

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