Saint Ambrose of Milan

Concerning Virgins

Name: Concerning Virgins
Author: Saint Ambrose of Milan

4th c.

Classic translation

Moral & Pastoral · English translation, 1890

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Introduction
Book I.
Introduction (i)
Chapter I. St. Ambrose, Reflecting Upon the Account He Will Have to Give of His…
Chapter II. This Treatise Has a Favourable Beginning, Since it is the Birthday…
Chapter III. Virginity is Praised on Many Grounds, but Chiefly Because it…
Chapter IV. The Comeliness of Virginity Never Existed Amongst the Heathen…
Chapter V. Heaven is the Home of Virginity, and the Son of God its Author, Who…
Chapter VI. St. Ambrose Explains That He is Not Speaking Against Marriage, and…
Chapter VII. St. Ambrose Exhorts Parents to Train Their Children to Virginity…
Chapter VIII. Taking the Passage Concerning the Honeycomb in the Song of Songs…
Chapter IX. Other Passages From the Song of Songs Are Considered With Relation…
Chapter X. Finally, Another Glory of Virginity is Mentioned, That it is Free…
Chapter XI. St. Ambrose Answers Objections Made to the Uselessness of His…
Chapter XII. It is Very Desirable That Parents Should Encourage the Desire for…
Book II.
Chapter I. In This Book St. Ambrose Purposes to Treat of the Training of…
Chapter II. The Life of Mary is Set Before Virgins as an Example, and Her Many…
Chapter III. St. Ambrose Having Set Forth the Virgin Mary as a Pattern for…
Chapter IV. A Virgin at Antioch, Having Refused to Sacrifice to Idols, Was…
Chapter V. The Story of the Two Pythagorean Friends, Damon and Pythias, is…
Chapter VI. St. Ambrose, in Concluding the Second Book, Ascribes Any Good There…
Book III.
Chapter I. St. Ambrose Now Goes Back to the Address of Liberius When He Gave…
Chapter II. Touching Next Upon the Training of a Virgin, He Speaks of…
Chapter III. Virgins Are Exhorted to Avoid Visits, to Observe Modesty, to Be…
Chapter IV. Having Summed up the Address of Liberius, St. Ambrose Passes on to…
Chapter V. St. Ambrose, Speaking of Tears, Explains David's Saying, “Every…
Chapter VI. Having Mentioned the Baptist, St. Ambrose Enters Into a Description…
Chapter VII. In Reply to Marcellina, Who Had Asked What Should Be Thought of…

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