Saint Methodius of Olympus
The Banquet of the Ten Virgins; or Concerning Chastity
4th c.
Classic translation
Moral & Pastoral · English translation, 1890
Contents
- Introduction
- Marcella.
- The Difficulty and Excellence of Virginity; The Study of Doctrine Necessary for…
- Virginity a Plant From Heaven, Introduced Late; The Advancement of Mankind to…
- By the Circumcision of Abraham, Marriage With Sisters Forbidden; In the Times…
- Christ Alone Taught Virginity, Openly Preaching the Kingdom of Heaven; The…
- Christ, by Preserving His Flesh Incorrupt in Virginity, Draws to the Exercise…
- Theophila.
- Marriage Not Abolished by the Commendation of Virginity
- Generation Something Akin to the First Formation of Eve From the Side and…
- An Ambiguous Passage of Scripture; Not Only the Faithful But Even Prelates…
- Human Generation, and the Work of God Therein Set Forth
- The Holy Father Follows Up the Same Argument
- God Cares Even for Adulterous Births; Angels Given to Them as Guardians
- The Rational Soul From God Himself; Chastity Not the Only Good, Although the…
- Thaleia.
- Passages of Holy Scripture Compared
- The Digressions of the Apostle Paul; The Character of His Doctrine: Nothing in…
- Comparison Instituted Between the First and Second Adam
- Some Things Here Hard and Too Slightly Treated, and Apparently Not Sufficiently…
- A Passage of Jeremiah Examined
- The Whole Number of Spiritual Sheep; Man a Second Choir, After the Angels, to…
- The Works of Christ, Proper to God and to Man, the Works of Him Who is One
- The Bones and Flesh of Wisdom; The Side Out of Which the Spiritual Eve is…
- The Dispensation of Grace in Paul the Apostle
- The Doctrine of the Same Apostle Concerning Purity
- The Same Argument
- Paul an Example to Widows, and to Those Who Do Not Live With Their Wives
- The Doctrine of Paul Concerning Virginity Explained
- Virginity a Gift of God: the Purpose of Virginity Not Rashly to Be Adopted by…
- Theopatra.
- The Necessity of Praising Virtue, for Those Who Have the Power
- The Protection of Chastity and Virginity Divinely Given to Men, That They May…
- That Passage of David Explained; What the Harps Hung Upon the Willows Signify…
- The Author Goes on With the Interpretation of the Same Passage
- The Gifts of Virgins, Adorned With Which They Are Presented to One Husband…
- Virginity to Be Cultivated and Commended in Every Place and Time
- Thallousa.
- The Offering of Chastity a Great Gift
- Abraham's Sacrifice of a Heifer Three Years Old, of a Goat, and of a Ram Also…
- Far Best to Cultivate Virtue From Boyhood
- Perfect Consecration and Devotion to God: What It Is
- The Vow of Chastity, and Its Rites in the Law; Vines, Christ, and the Devil
- Sikera, a Manufactured and Spurious Wine, Yet Intoxicating; Things Which Are…
- The Church Intermediate Between the Shadows of the Law and the Realities of…
- The Double Altar, Widows and Virgins; Gold the Symbol of Virginity
- Agathe.
- The Excellence of the Abiding Glory of Virginity; The Soul Made in the Image of…
- The Parable of the Ten Virgins
- The Same Endeavour and Effort After Virginity, With a Different Result
- What the Oil in the Lamps Means
- The Reward of Virginity
- Procilla.
- What the True and Seemly Manner of Praising; The Father Greater Than the Son…
- The Interpretation of That Passage of the Canticles
- Virgins Being Martyrs First Among the Companions of Christ
- The Passage Explained; The Queens, the Holy Souls Before the Deluge; The…
- The Sixty Queens: Why Sixty, and Why Queens; The Excellence of the Saints of…
- The Eighty Concubines, What; The Knowledge of the Incarnation Communicated to…
- The Virgins, the Righteous Ancients; The Church, the One Only Spouse, More…
- The Human Nature of Christ His One Dove
- The Virgins Immediately After the Queen and Spouse
- Thekla.
- Methodius' Derivation of the Word Virginity: Wholly Divine; Virtue, in…
- The Lofty Mind and Constancy of the Sacred Virgins; The Introduction of Virgins…
- The Lot and Inheritance of Virginity
- Exhortation to the Cultivation of Virginity; A Passage From the Apocalypse is…
- The Woman Who Brings Forth, to Whom the Dragon is Opposed, the Church; Her…
- The Works of the Church, the Bringing Forth of Children in Baptism; The Moon in…
- The Child of the Woman in the Apocalypse Not Christ, But the Faithful Who Are…
- The Faithful in Baptism Males, Configured to Christ; The Saints Themselves…
- The Son of God, Who Ever Is, is To-Day Begotten in the Minds and Sense of the…
- The Dragon, the Devil; The Stars Struck From Heaven by the Tail of the Dragon…
- The Woman With the Male Child in the Wilderness the Church; The Wilderness…
- Virgins Are Called to the Imitation of the Church in the Wilderness Overcoming…
- The Seven Crowns of the Beast to Be Taken Away by Victorious Chastity; The Ten…
- The Doctrine of Mathematicians Not Wholly to Be Despised, When They Are…
- Arguments From the Novelty of Fate and Generation; That Golden Age, Early Men…
- Several Other Things Turned Against the Same Mathematicians
- The Lust of the Flesh and Spirit: Vice and Virtue
- Tusiane.
- Chastity the Chief Ornament of the True Tabernacle; Seven Days Appointed to the…
- Figure, Image, Truth: Law, Grace, Glory; Man Created Immortal: Death Brought in…
- How Each One Ought to Prepare Himself for the Future Resurrection
- The Mind Clearer When Cleansed From Sin; The Ornaments of the Mind and the…
- The Mystery of the Tabernacles
- Domnina.
- Chastity Alone Aids and Effects the Most Praiseworthy Government of the Soul
- The Allegory of the Trees Demanding a King, in the Book of Judges, Explained
- The Bramble and the Agnos the Symbol of Chastity; The Four Gospels, That Is…
- The Law Useless for Salvation; The Last Law of Chastity Under the Figure of the…
- The Malignity of the Devil as an Imitator in All Things; Two Kinds of Fig-Trees…
- The Mystery of the Vision of Zechariah
- Arete.
- The True and Chaste Virgins Few; Chastity a Contest; Thekla Chief of Virgins
- Thekla Singing Decorously a Hymn, the Rest of the Virgins Sing With Her; John…
- Which Are the Better, the Continent, or Those Who Delight in Tranquillity of…
- Elucidations