De Bono Coniugali and De Sancta Virginitate

By:

St Augustine

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Hardback

Series:

Oxford Early Christian Texts

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De bono coniugali and De sancta virginitate were written in the same year (AD 401). In them Augustine rebuffs the Manichees, who argued that marriage was evil, and the fellowers of Jovinian, who argued that the married state was as meritorious as that of virginity. The first work analyses why marriage is good, and the second why virginity is a higher good. Both are closely related to present-day controversies amongst theologians and social historians. These two treatises have been neglected until recently, but lately there has been an outpouring of books and articles on the role of women in the societies of Rome and early Christianity. Moreover, Augustine has received and is continuing to receive enhanced attention in the English-speaking world. No new edition of these works has been published since 1900, and there is no contemporary English translation in print. This new translation and edition of the text will be of value both to readers who wish to consult the original Latin, and to those interested in the social history of early Christianity, and in the intellectual development of Augustine in his early years as bishop of Hippo.

Release date NZ

March 8th, 2001

Author

St Augustine

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Contributor

Edited and translated by P. G. Walsh

Pages

200

Series

Oxford Early Christian Texts

Dimensions

145x224x15

ISBN-13

9780198269953

Product ID

1859450

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