Christian Marriage A Historical Study

by Olsen, Glenn W.

• ISBN13: 9780824518868
• ISBN10: 0824518861
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: Herder & Herder

Summary

A thoughtful and highly enjoyable collection of essays exploring the historical development of Christian marriage from a Catholic perspective. This new volume includes Francis Martin: "Marriage in the Biblical Period: The Old Testament and Intertestamental Period" and "Marriage in the Biblical Period: The New Testament;" Glenn Olsen: "The Good of Marriage in the Age of Augustine" and "Marriage in the Barbarian Kingdom and the Christian Court (Fifth through Eleventh Centuries);" Teresa Pierre: "Marriage Body and Sacrament in the Age of Hugh of St. Victor (Twelfth through Fifteenth Centuries);" Robert V. Young: "Marriage and The Reformation;" James Hitchcock: "The Emergence of the Modern Family;" and John Haas: "Marriage in the Twentieth Century."

Table of Contents

Editor's Preface	vii
Contributors	ix
Abbreviations	x
Marriage in the Old Testament and Intertestamental Periods	1	(49)
Francis Martin
Marriage in the New Testament Period	50	(51)
Francis Martin
Progeny, Faithfulness, Sacred Bond: Marriage in the Age of Augustine	101	(45)
Glenn W. Olsen
Marriage in Barbarian Kingdom and Christian Court: Fifth through Eleventh Centuries	146	(67)
Glenn W. Olsen
Marriage, Body, and Sacrament in the Age of Hugh of St. Victor	213	(56)
Teresa Olsen Pierre
The Reformations of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries	269	(33)
R. V. Young
The Emergence of the Modern Family	302	(30)
James Hitchcock
The Contemporary World	332	(29)
John M. Haas
Index of Selected Scriptural Texts	361	(2)
General Index	363