Condemning Nature? Natura and Asceticism in the Jovinian Affair

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" Condemning Nature? Natura and Asceticism in the Jovinian Affair "
Thomas E. Hunt

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1085338
Doc. No	:	LA128967
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15700720-12341156‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Thomas E. Hunt
Title & Author	:	Condemning Nature? Natura and Asceticism in the Jovinian Affair [Article]\ Thomas E. Hunt
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Vigiliae Christianae
Date	:	2013
Volume/ Issue Number	:	67/4
Page No	:	364–392
Abstract	:	Writing and preaching at Rome in the 390s, Jovinian argued that ascetic Christianity was based on a heretical denial of the good of God’s creation. This article points out that conformity to nature (natura) was a key element of Jovinian’s teaching as it comes down to us through Jerome. Jovinian taught that marriage was a part of human nature and demonstrably good as part of God’s creation. The word natura was also important in Jerome’s arguments against Jovinian. To refute Jovinian, Jerome offered a vision of human nature based not in empirical observation, nor in social custom, but in the actions of the incarnate Christ. In so doing, he challenged notions of human nature and social custom circulating in contemporary Rome. Writing and preaching at Rome in the 390s, Jovinian argued that ascetic Christianity was based on a heretical denial of the good of God’s creation. This article points out that conformity to nature (natura) was a key element of Jovinian’s teaching as it comes down to us through Jerome. Jovinian taught that marriage was a part of human nature and demonstrably good as part of God’s creation. The word natura was also important in Jerome’s arguments against Jovinian. To refute Jovinian, Jerome offered a vision of human nature based not in empirical observation, nor in social custom, but in the actions of the incarnate Christ. In so doing, he challenged notions of human nature and social custom circulating in contemporary Rome.
Descriptor	:	Asceticism
Descriptor	:	Jerome
Descriptor	:	Jovinian
Descriptor	:	Nature
Descriptor	:	Rome
Descriptor	:	Stoicism
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15700720-12341156‬