Jovinian : a monastic heretic in late-fourth century Rome

In 393 the monk Jovinian was condemned by a Roman synod under Pope Siricius. The monk had argued from Scriptural evidence that married women were equal in merit with widows and virgins; that they who had been baptised in fullness of faith could not be overthrown by the devil; that eating meats an...

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Main Author: Burnett, Neil
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/4351