Definition of Jovinian. Meaning of Jovinian. Synonyms of Jovinian

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Jovinian. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Jovinian and, of course, Jovinian synonyms and on the right images related to the word Jovinian.

Definition of Jovinian

No result for Jovinian. Showing similar results...

Jovinianist
Jovinianist Jo*vin"ian*ist, n. (Script. Hist.) An adherent to the doctrines of Jovinian, a monk of the fourth century, who denied the virginity of Mary, and opposed the asceticism of his time.

Meaning of Jovinian from wikipedia

- Jovinian (Latin: Iovini****; died c. 405) was an opponent of Christian asceticism in the 4th century and was condemned as a heretic at synods convened...
- Jovinianism refers to an anti-ascetic movement that has its origins in the 4th-century theologian Jovinian, who criticized the monastic movement and argued...
- to Ambrose, Jovinian maintained that Mary had conceived as a virgin, but she had not given birth as a virgin. Jerome wrote against Jovinian but failed...
- water cannot sin (as interpreted by Jerome; other commentators argue that Jovinian was actually referring to the impossibility of lapsing from Christianity)...
- One of the earliest persons to be praised as a Protestant forerunner is Jovinian, who lived in the fourth century AD. He attacked monasticism, ascetism...
- sometimes seen as an early proto-protestant, along with Vigiliantius, Jovinian and Aerius of Sebaste. Jerome, in reply, wrote a treatise known under the...
- on Hedonism Thinkers Ajita Kesakambali Jeremy Bentham John Stuart Mill Jovinian Julien Offray de La Mettrie Aristippus Epicurus Fred Feldman Theodorus...
- given to some baptized infants, although it cannot be lost once received. Jovinian (died: c 405 AD) was an early church theologian often seen as a proto-Reformer...
- on Hedonism Thinkers Ajita Kesakambali Jeremy Bentham John Stuart Mill Jovinian Julien Offray de La Mettrie Aristippus Epicurus Fred Feldman Theodorus...
- on Hedonism Thinkers Ajita Kesakambali Jeremy Bentham John Stuart Mill Jovinian Julien Offray de La Mettrie Aristippus Epicurus Fred Feldman Theodorus...