Document: Against Jovinian
Reference: CPL 610
Incipit: Pauci admodum dies sunt
Addressee:
Date: c. 393 (Kelly p. 182)
Earliest ms.: Verona, Italy: Biblioteca Capitolare, XVII (15), f. 2band following. 6th century. (Lambert, II: p. 392)
Latin Text:Migne, "Adversus Jovinianum Libri Duo," PL vol. 23, coll. 211-338.
English Translation:W.H. Fremantle, "Against Jovinianus" in NPNF2, vol. 6 (New York, 1893), pp. 346-416.
Notes: Discussed in Kelly, pp. 180-90.  Jovinian was critical of Jerome's celibacy and ascetic practices. 


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