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On Exhortation to Chastity
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Tertullian
On Exhortation to Chastity
3rd c.
Classic translation
Moral & Pastoral · English translation, 1890
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Contents
Introduction. Virginity Classified Under Three Several Species
The Blame of Our Misdeeds Not to Be Cast Upon God. The One Power Which Rests…
Of Indulgence and Pure Volition. The Question Illustrated
Further Remarks Upon the Apostle's Language
Unity of Marriage Taught by Its First Institution, and by the Apostle's…
The Objection From the Polygamy of the Patriarchs Answered
Even the Old Discipline Was Not Without Precedents to Enforce Monogamy. But in…
If It Be Granted That Second Marriage is Lawful, Yet All Things Lawful Are Not…
Second Marriage a Species of Adultery, Marriage Itself Impugned, as Akin to…
Application of the Subject. Advantages of Widowhood
The More the Wives, the Greater the Distraction of the Spirit
Excuses Commonly Urged in Defence of Second Marriage. Their Futility…
Examples From Among the Heathen, as Well as From the Church, to Enforce the…
Elucidation