[PATRISTISCHE TEXTE UND STUDIEN 70] • Quis maritus salvetur?
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- Authors
- Weisser, Daniel
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter
- Date
- 2016-06-20T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.40 MB
- Lang
- de
The significance of the ascetic ideal in Christianity grew during the 4th century. It became a critical criterion for evaluating a Christian life. The groups presented in this study especially radicalized the ideal of sexual abstinence. They raised virginity in an exclusive sense to a sole principle for a legitimate Christian way of life, thereby coming into conflict with the greater Church.