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Marriage in the Western Church : the Christianization of marriage during the patristic and early medieval periods /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston. Brill Academic Publishers, Inc. ©1994Description: xxx, 436 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0391041088
  • 9780391041080
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 234/.165/ 21
LOC classification:
  • BV835 .R485 2001
Contents:
Marriage in civil law -- Marriage in the church -- Augustine's theology of marriage -- The nuptial process -- Marrying in the Frankish church.
Summary: 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. Reynolds offers three themes for theological reflection and interpretation: Jesus'
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Books Books SAIACS General Stacks Non-fiction 234.165 R462M (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 051476

Originally published: Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1994.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 420-427) and index.

Marriage in civil law -- Marriage in the church -- Augustine's theology of marriage -- The nuptial process -- Marrying in the Frankish church.

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. Reynolds offers three themes for theological reflection and interpretation: Jesus'

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