Covenant Marriage in Comparative Perspective

From: The Catholic Historical Review | Date: October 1, 2007| Author: Reid, Charles J Jr | Copyright information

Covenant Marriage in Comparative Perspective. Edited by JohnWitte,Jr, and Eliza Ellison. [Religion, Marriage, and Family] (Grand Rapids, Michigan:William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. 2005. Pp. xiv, 342. $34.00 paperback.)

The term "covenant marriage" has acquired two widely accepted definitions. The first is the historical sense, derived from Calvinist theology. John Calvin, who rejected traditional Catholic notions of the sacramentality and indissolubility of Christian marriage, wi...

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