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La doctrine matrimoniale de l'Eglise ancienne presente un ensemble de conceptions, qui different a bien des egards des moeurs et des principes juridiques qui inspirent les droits de l'Antiquite: elle reconnait la dignite du mariage, mais affirme la superiorite de la virginite consacree a Dieu; elle professe la liberte de choisir l'etat du mariage ou le celibat, la possibilite pour tous de conclure une union regie par les principes chretiens, l'egalite des epoux face aux obligations du mariage, notamment en ce qui concerne le devoir de la fidelite; elle tient fermement a l'indissolubilite du...

The first set of articles in this collection is concerned with the nature of the bishop’s authority in the Early Church and the sources from which it was drawn. This is seen in political terms, as in the writings of Justin Martyr, as well as spiritual ones. Charles Munier singles out Tertullian as the first to formulate a doctrine of apostolic succession, but also traces his subsequent path towards the affirmation of the authority of the Holy Spirit over that embodied in the ’Orthodox Church’. The following studies turn to a complementary area of ecclesiology, that of pastoral care. The...