Marriage, Celibacy, and Heresy in Ancient Christianity: The Jovinianist Controversy. By David G. Hunter

A significant number of studies of early Christian society in recent years have focused on the phenomenon of asceticism—the manner in which some Christians expressed their devotion by renouncing all worldly distractions, including food, sleep, and sexual contact. The extreme nature of this behaviour...

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Main Author: Hartney, Aideen (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2008
In: The journal of theological studies
Year: 2008, Volume: 59, Issue: 1, Pages: 374-377
Review of:Marriage, celibacy, and heresy in ancient Christianity (Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford University Press, 2007) (Hartney, Aideen)
Marriage, celibacy, and heresy in ancient Christianity (Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2007) (Hartney, Aideen)
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