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De bono coniugali ; De sancta virginitate /

In both these works, Augustine rebuffs the Manichees, analysing why marriage is good and why virginity is a higher good. This volume should show how these themes are closely related to present-day controversies between theologians and historians.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430
Other Authors: Walsh, P. G. (Patrick Gerard)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Latin
Language Notes:Text in English and Latin.
Published: Oxford : Clarendon, 2001.
Series:Oxford early Christian texts.
Subjects:
Marriage > Religious aspects > Christianity > Early works to 1800.
Virginity > Religious aspects > Christianity > Early works to 1800.
Mariage > Aspect religieux > Christianisme > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Virginité > Aspect religieux > Christianisme > Ouvrages avant 1800.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS.
History.
RELIGION.
Christian Theology.
Christian Church.
Sociology of Religion.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Marriage > Religious aspects > Christianity
Virginity > Religious aspects > Christianity
Electronic books.
Early works
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:In both these works, Augustine rebuffs the Manichees, analysing why marriage is good and why virginity is a higher good. This volume should show how these themes are closely related to present-day controversies between theologians and historians.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxxiv, 250 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0198269951
9780198269953
1282052217
9781282052215
0191520705
9780191520709
9786612052217
661205221X
9780191601132
0191601136