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Marriage, Celibacy, and Heresy in Ancient Christianity is 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 in the first three centuries and the development of an anti-heretical tradition. He provides a thorough analysis of the responses of Jovinian's main opponents, including Pope Siricius, Ambrose, Jerome, Pelagius, and Augustine. In the course of his 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.Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press
ISBN-139780199565535
eBay Product ID (ePID)87830905
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Book TitleMarriage, Celibacy, and Heresy in Ancient Christianity: the Jovinianist Controversy
AuthorDavid G. Hunter
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicTheology, Religious History, Christianity
Publication Year2009
Dimensions
Item Height233mm
Item Width156mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorDavid G. Hunter
Series TitleOxford Early Christian Studies
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom