SEXUAL ETHICS - HISTORICAL

Bible

Collins, Raymond (1992) Divorce in the New Testament

Wenham G., Heth, W. E Jesus and Divorce

Patristic

Augustine On the Good of Marriage

Augustine City of God, bk 14

Brown, P. The Body and Society

Clement of Alexandria Stromateis, bk 3 (Library of Christian Classics: Alexandrian Christianity).

Gregory of Nyssa On Virginity (Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers)

Tertullian On Monogamy

Tertullian On Modesty (Ante-Nicene Fathers)

Medieval

Aelred of Rivaulx On Spiritual Friendship

Hugh of St. Victor On the Sacraments bk.2

Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologiae, Supplement 41-68.

16th Century

Bucer, M. "The Judgment of Martin Bucer concerning Divorce" (in John Milton, Prose Works)

Luther, M. The Estate of Marriage (Works vol. 45)

Perkins, William Christian Oeconomie

19th Century

Kierkgaard, Søren 'The Aesthetic Validity of Marriage', in Either-Or.

From Oxford Theology Faculty Reading List

 

Sexual: Historical

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