MARRIAGE, CELIBACY, AND HERESY IN ANCIENT CHRISTIANITY: THE …
DAVID G. HUNTER
335 pages | ~9 hrs
MARRIAGE, CELIBACY, AND HERESY IN ANCIENT CHRISTIANITY: THE JOVINIANIST CONTROVERSY
By DAVID G. HUNTER
This scholarly exploration delves into one of early Christianity's most fascinating and overlooked controversies, offering profound insights into how spiritual communities navigate questions of lifestyle, devotion, and religious authority. David G. Hunter presents the first comprehensive English-language study of Jovinian, a fourth-century Christian teacher whose views on marriage, celibacy, and ascetic practices ignited fierce debate throughout the Western church.
Rather than taking sides in this ancient dispute, Hunter approaches the controversy with historical objectivity, revealing how Jovinian's teachings emerged from the broader spiritual tensions of his era. The book illuminates the complex process by which early Christian communities determined what constituted orthodox belief versus heretical deviation, showing how these boundaries were often more fluid than later generations assumed.
Through careful analysis of fourth-century sources, Hunter demonstrates that Jovinian's perspectives on marriage and asceticism were not as radical as his opponents claimed, but actually aligned with views held by other respected Christian writers of the time. This examination traces the development of anti-heretical traditions extending back to the second century, revealing how theological discourse shaped the spiritual landscape of early Christianity.
For readers interested in understanding how religious communities form their core beliefs and practices, this work offers valuable insights into the dynamic relationship between individual spiritual conviction and institutional authority in shaping faith traditions.
What You'll Discover
- ✓ Explore Kristna heresier
- ✓ Explore Asceticism
- ✓ Strengthen your marriage spiritually
- ✓ Explore Christian heresies
- ✓ Explore Celibacy
- ✓ Explore Frühchristentum
- ✓ Explore Heresies and heretics, early church, ca. 30-600
- ✓ Explore Celibat
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Details
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10
- 0199279780
- Pages
- 335
- Language
- EN
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