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Marriage, Celibacy, and Heresy in Ancient Christianity
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Description| Publisher | Oxford University Press UK |
| Author(s) | David G. Hunter |
| Subtitle | The Jovinianist Controversy |
| Published | 25th January 2007 |
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The Jovinianist Controversy
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 thecourse 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.
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