On Exhortation to Chastity
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3rd c. · Moral & Pastoral · English translation, 1890
Source edition: The Ante-Nicene Fathers (ed. Roberts & Donaldson, 1885)
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Contents
On Exhortation to Chastity
- 1. Introduction. Virginity Classified Under Three Several Species
- 2. The Blame of Our Misdeeds Not to Be Cast Upon God. The One Power Which Rests…
- 3. Of Indulgence and Pure Volition. The Question Illustrated
- 4. Further Remarks Upon the Apostle’s Language
- 5. Unity of Marriage Taught by Its First Institution, and by the Apostle’s…
- 6. The Objection from the Polygamy of the Patriarchs Answered
- 7. Even the Old Discipline Was Not Without Precedents to Enforce Monogamy. But…
- 8. If It Be Granted that Second Marriage is Lawful, Yet All Things Lawful are…
- 9. Second Marriage a Species of Adultery, Marriage Itself Impugned, as Akin to…
- 10. Application of the Subject. Advantages of Widowhood
- 11. The More the Wives, the Greater the Distraction of the Spirit
- 12. Excuses Commonly Urged in Defence of Second Marriage. Their Futility…
- 13. Examples from Among the Heathen, as Well as from the Church, to Enforce the…
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