Marriage and Sexuality in Early Christianity Ad Fontes: Early Christian Sources

✍ Scribed by David G. Hunter

• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 292
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Marriage and Sexuality in Early Christianity is part of Ad Fontes: Early Christian Sources, a series designed to present ancient Christian texts essential to an understanding of Christian theology, ecclesiology, and practice. The books in the series make the wealth of early Christian thought available to new generations of students of theology and provide a valuable resource for the church. Developed in light of recent patristic scholarship, the volumes provide a representative sampling of theological contributions from both East and West.

The series provides volumes that are relevant for a variety of courses: from introduction to theology to classes on doctrine and the development of Christian thought. The goal of each volume is not to be exhaustive but rather to be representative enough to denote for a nonspecialist audience the multivalent character of early Christian thought, allowing readers to see how and why early Christian doctrine and practice developed the way it did.

✦ Table of Contents

Series Foreword xi
Preface xv
Part I. Introduction
1. The New Testament Evidence 3
2. The Greco-Roman Environment 9
3. The Second and Third Centuries 15
4. The Post-Constantinian Church 23
Part II. Texts and Translations
5. Hermas 37
6. Tertullian 43
7. Clement of Alexandria 59
8. Acts of Thomas 81
9. Methodius of Olympus 91
10. Lactantius 101
11. John Chrysostom 109
12. Ambrosiaster 135
13. Jerome 153
14. Pelagius 165
15. Augustine 173
16. Paulinus of Nola 217
17. Ecclesiastical Legislation 233
18. Two Nuptial Blessings 247
Select Bibliography 253
Index of Subjects 259
Index of Scripture 263
Index of Ancient Authors 269
Index of Modern Authors 271