From Sacrament to Contract

From Sacrament to Contract
Author: John Witte
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 332
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780664255435

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Analyzes the interplay between Christian theological norms and Western legal principles concerning marriage, examining the theology and law of marriage in the Catholic, Lutheran, Calvinist, Anglican, and Enlightenment traditions.


From Sacrament to Contract
Language: en
Pages: 332
Authors: John Witte
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997-01-01 - Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

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Analyzes the interplay between Christian theological norms and Western legal principles concerning marriage, examining the theology and law of marriage in the C
From Sacrament to Contract
Language: en
Pages: 393
Authors: John Witte (Jr.)
Categories: Marriage
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012 - Publisher:

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This second edition updates and expands each chapter and the bibliography. It also includes three new chapters on classical, biblical, and patristic sources."--
From Sacrament to Contract
Language: en
Pages: 411
Authors: John Witte
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-01-01 - Publisher: Presbyterian Publishing Corp

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This newly revised and enlarged edition of John Witte's authoritative historical study explores the interplay of law, theology, and marriage in the Western trad
From Sacrament to Contract, Second Edition
Language: en
Pages: 409
Authors: John Witte Jr.
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-01-31 - Publisher: Presbyterian Publishing Corp

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This newly revised and enlarged edition of John Witte's authoritative historical study explores the interplay of law, theology, and marriage in the Western trad
How Marriage Became One of the Sacraments
Language: en
Pages: 1083
Authors: Philip L. Reynolds
Categories: Family & Relationships
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-06-30 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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An indispensable guide to how marriage acquired the status of a sacrament. This book analyzes in detail how medieval theologians explained the place of matrimon