Marriage, Celibacy, and Heresy in Ancient Christianity: The Jovinianist Controversy

ISBN-13: 9780199565535 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 336 str.

David G. Hunter

Opis

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.

Recenzje

Hunter's work is impressive... it takes on some of the most contentious doctrinal issues from the early Christian period and clearly shows a church in formative mode.