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De bono coniugali ; De sancta uirginitate

Author: Augustine, Saint Bishop of Hippo.
Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Series: Oxford early Christian texts.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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.
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Genre/Form: Early works to 1800
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Augustine, Saint Bishop of Hippo.
ISBN: 0198269951 9780198269953
OCLC Number: 44090443
Language Note: Parallel Latin text and English translation, with critical apparatus in English.
Description: xxxiv, 164 p. ; 22 cm.
Series Title: Oxford early Christian texts.
Other Titles: De sancta uirginitate.
De bono coniugali.
De sancta uirginitate
Responsibility: Augustine ; edited and translated by P.G. Walsh.
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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.

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