{"product_id":"marriage-in-the-western-church-9789004100220","title":"Marriage in the Western Church","description":"\u003ci\u003eMarriage in the Western Church\u003c\/i\u003e examines how marriage acquired a specifically Christian identity in the Western Church from the patristic through Carolingian periods. It shows how theologians came to regard marriage as an ecclesiastical institution and how they developed a Christian theology of marriage.\u003cbr\u003eThe first part of the book deals with marriage and divorce in Roman and Germanic law. Other parts deal with marriage and divorce in ecclesiastical law, with the Latin Fathers' distinction between the divine and human laws of marriage, and with the customary stages by which persons became married. Several chapters are devoted to Augustine's views on marriage and sexuality.\u003cbr\u003eThe author shows how the doctrine of indissolubility became the West's chief means of christianizing marriage, and how theologians found here their preferred arguments for affirming the holiness and the 'sacramentality' of marriage. The author argues that the Western regime of indissolubility was the product of a fourth century reform movement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis publication has also been published in paperback, please \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/brill.com\/view\/title\/7321\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eclick here\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e for details.","brand":"Philip Lyndon Reynolds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48273907810555,"sku":"9789004100220","price":149.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_30257c7d-eb2a-4e4d-8a35-cd4535247dcf.jpg?v=1771077813","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/marriage-in-the-western-church-9789004100220","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}