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Marriage in the Western Church: The Christianization of Marriage During the Patristic and Early Medieval Periods

by Reynolds

  • Paperback
  • 468 pages
  • Publisher: Brill
  • 14.1 x 22.9 x 3.4 cm

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For theologians and scholars of church history.

Explains the shift from civil to holy marriage.

Deepen your grasp of marriage as a sacrament.

An academic exploration of how the early Church defined and shaped the sacrament of marriage within the Latin West.

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Author Philip Reynolds examines how marriage acquired a specifically Christian identity in the Latin West during the first millennium after Christ. Beginning with Jesus, everything the Christians did, including getting married, began a process of differentiation. Christians did not invent marriage, but they did redefine it, thereby hoping to solve the inherent problem of reconciling secular, carnal sexual relations with a holy and sanctified state of being, one that would ultimately become a sacrament. This twofold aspect of the Christian marriage was a formative principle throughout the Middle Ages and beyond. Reynolds offers three themes for theological reflection and interpretation: Jesus' teaching, Paul's Letter to the Ephesians, and Paul's justification of marriage as a solution to the problem of sexual desire. This book begins with the examination of Roman and Germanic law, followed by the turning from civil to ecclesiastical law. Then Reynolds presents Augustine's theology of marriage, and finally, the nuptial process. Reynolds' insights into the Christainization of marriage makes this a valuable book at both the scholarly and the practical level. This publication has also been published in hardback, please click here for details.

  • Title

    Marriage in the Western Church: The Christianization of Marriage During the Patristic and Early Medieval Periods

  • Author

    Reynolds

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Brill

  • Published

    November 2001

  • Weight

    695g

  • Page Count

    468

  • Dimensions

    14.1 x 22.9 x 3.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9780391041080

  • ISBN-10

    0391041088

  • Eden Code

    4684799