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

Table of Contents:

Introduction; Select Bibliography; Abbreviations; De bono coniugali; Text and Translation; De sancta uirginitate; Text and Translation; Appendices; 1 Retractationes 2. 22; 2 Variant Citations of Scripture from the Vulgate; 3 Divergences from Zycha's CSEL Text; Index of Biblical Passages Cited; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Z