Marriage in Heaven, Marriage on Earth: John Colet and a Difficult Sacrament
This essay is an analysis of John Colet’s thought about marriage in his manuscript treatise De sacramentis. Colet’s assessment of marriage was famously very harsh, condemning it as a reproachable concession for the weak. The essay argues that this condemnation should be read in the light of the comp...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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Erasmus studies
Year: 2025, Volume: 45, Issue: 2, Pages: 145-167 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBF British Isles NBN Ecclesiology NBP Sacramentology; sacraments NCF Sexual ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
mystical theology
B gendered images B Ecclesiology B Origenian Renaissance B Patristics |
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| Summary: | This essay is an analysis of John Colet’s thought about marriage in his manuscript treatise De sacramentis. Colet’s assessment of marriage was famously very harsh, condemning it as a reproachable concession for the weak. The essay argues that this condemnation should be read in the light of the complex protological setting elaborated in the treatise, which shows relevant Patristic models. The essay proposes a comparison with Erasmus, arguing that the difference between the two thinkers on this point lies in a different, broader understanding of the metaphoric level, ecclesiology, and reform. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Erasmus studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18749275-04502003 |
