A context author

Jovinian is included as a context author: a figure whose ideas shaped, or were answered by, the Christian writers in this library. We record context authors so that the lines of influence between writers connect, and we do not catalogue their own writings. Some of those writings are lost, some survive only in the replies of those who wrote against them, and some lie outside what this library collects.

The writers Jovinian is connected to are listed under Influence below.

Influence

Who shaped Jovinian, and who Jovinian shaped. Each line is a judgment confirmed by a person; the evidence sits in the catalogue, not on this page.

Influenced

  • Jerome 347–420 was answered by through Adversus Jovinianum

See Jovinian on the Influence Map →

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