Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxiii-xxxiv) and indexes.
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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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De sancta uirginitate
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Marriage-- Religious aspects-- Christianity, Early works to 1800.
Virginity-- Religious aspects-- Christianity, Early works to 1800.