Two Epistles Concerning Virginity
Classic translation
4th c. · Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha · English translation, 1890
Source edition: The Ante-Nicene Fathers (ed. Roberts & Donaldson, 1885)
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Contents
- Title Page
- Introductory Notice
- The First Epistle of the Blessed Clement, the Disciple of Peter the Apostle.
- Chapter 1.—The Salutation
- 2. For True Virginity Perfect Virtue is Necessary
- 3. True Virgins Prove Themselves Such by Self-Denial, as Does the True Believer…
- 4. Continuation of the Remarks on Self-Denial; Object and Reward of True Virgins
- 5. The Irksomeness and the Enemies of Virginity
- Chapter 6.—Divinity of Virginity
- Chapter 7.—The True Virgin
- 8. Virgins, by the Laying Aside of All Carnal Affection, are Imitators of God
- 9. Continuation of the Subject of Mortification; Dignity of Persons Consecrated…
- 10. Denunciation of Dangerous and Scandalous Association with Maidens
- 11. Perniciousness of Idleness; Warning Against the Empty Longing to Be…
- 12. Rules for Visits, Exorcisms, and How People are to Assist the Sick, and to…
- 13. What Priests Should Be and Should Not Be
- The Second Epistle of the Same Clement.
- 1. He Describes the Circumspectness of His Intercourse with the Other Sex, and…
- 2. His Behaviour in Places Where There Were Christians of Both Sexes
- 3. Rules for the Conduct of Celibate Brethren in Places Where There are Only…
- 4. Conduct of the Holy Man Where There are Women Only
- 5. Where There is Only One Woman, the Father Does Not Make a Stay; How…
- 6. How Christians Should Behave Themselves Among Heathens
- 7. Uses of Considering Admonitory Examples, as Well as Instructive Patterns
- 8. Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife; Of What Kind Love to Females Ought to Be
- Chapter 9.—Samson's Admonitory Fall
- 10. David’s Sin, So Admonitory to Us Weak Men
- 11. Admonitory History of the Incestuous Children of David
- 12. Solomon’s Infatuation Through Women
- 13. The History of Susanna Teaches Circumspection with the Eyes and in Society
- 14. Examples of Circumspect Behaviour from the Old Testament
- 15. The Example of Jesus; How We May Allow Ourselves to Be Served by Women
- 16. Exhortation to Union and to Obedience; Conclusion