Marriage and Celibacy

MARRIAGE AND CELIBACY IN THE EARLY CHURCH

A Mini-Conference

Friday, 29 November 2013

2-4:30pm

CEU Medieval Studies Department, Faculty Tower 409

György Heidl (University of Pécs) Some remarks on the mystery of marriage

László Odrobina (University of Szeged) The prohibition of mixed marriages in Jewish and Roman Law and according to the Church Fathers

Marianne Sághy (CEU Budapest) Public or Private ? On the advantage of celibacy for the Christian community

David G. Hunter (University of Kentucky -CEU IAS) Managing the marriages of clergy in Christian Late Antiquity

Juraj Pigula OSA (Košice/Kassa) Ille est melior, qui bonum amplius quam alius habet: Virginity/celibacy vs marriage