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Marriage, Celibacy, and Heresy in Ancient Christianity
The Jovinianist Controversy
David G. Hunter
336 pages
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234x156mm
978-0-19-956553-5
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Paperback
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07 May 2009
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- The widely-acclaimed first full-length study of Jovinian in English, now available in paperback
- Places Jovinian's writings in the context of the history of debates about marriage and celibacy
- Sheds light on a variety of issues in late ancient Christianity, such as the rise of clerical celibacy and the origins of Marian devotion
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 the course 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.Readership:
Scholars and students of the early Church and of late antiquity; historians of sexuality.
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David G. Hunter, Cottrill-Rolfes Professor of Catholic Studies at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
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"It is important work that merits attention since its main trajectory is theological and contextual... The study id therefore a welcome addition to the study of sexuality and asceticism in late antiquity." - Chris de Wet, Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae "Hunter's excellent book will doubtless remain a standard work for years to come; although the topic is specialized, Hunter's fine style makes the book accessible to a wider audience than scholars of late ancient Christianity." - Elizabeth A. Clark, Journal of Early Christian Studies "In the end it is impossible not to be convinced by Hunter's central contention, that Jovinian is to be understood not as a 'laxist' advocate of unrestrained immortality
but as a sincere and serious thinker. These same questions would be asked and answered again, from Pelagius to Martin Luther and beyond; and Hunter is right to restore them to a central place in the history of Christian ideas." - Michael Stuart Williams, Journal of Ecclesiastical History "A wonderful example of what the best scholarship in late antique Christianity ought to look like." - Shawn W. J. Keough, Bryn Mawr Classical Review "Hunter's work is impressive... it takes on some of the most contentious doctrinal issues from the early Christian period and clearly shows a church in formative mode." - Aideen Hartney, Journal of Theological Studies
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I. Jovinian and his world
1: Reconstructing Jovinian
2: Jovinian and Christian Rome
II. Jovinian, heresy, and asceticism
3: Asceticism, heresy, and early Christian tradition
4: Jovinian, Heresy, and fourth-century asceticism
5: Mary ever virgin? Jovinian and Marian heresy
III. Jovinian and his opponents
6: Against Jovinian: From Siricius to Jerome
7: After Jovinian: Marriage and celibacy in Western theology
Conclusion
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