On Fasting
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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 Fasting
- 1. Connection of Gluttony and Lust. Grounds of Psychical Objections Against the…
- 2. Arguments of the Psychics, Drawn from the Law, the Gospel, the Acts, the…
- 3. The Principle of Fasting Traced Back to Its Earliest Source
- 4. The Objection is Raised, Why, Then, Was the Limit of Lawful Food Extended…
- 5. Proceeding to the History of Israel, Tertullian Shows that Appetite Was as…
- 6. The Physical Tendencies of Fasting and Feeding Considered. The Cases of…
- 7. Further Examples from the Old Testament in Favour of Fasting
- 8. Examples of a Similar Kind from the New
- 9. From Fasts Absolute Tertullian Comes to Partial Ones and Xerophagies
- 10. Of Stations, and of the Hours of Prayer
- 11. Of the Respect Due to “Human Authority;” And of the Charges of “Heresy” And…
- 12. Of the Need for Some Protest Against the Psychics and Their Self-Indulgence
- 13. Of the Inconsistencies of the Psychics
- 14. Reply to the Charge of “Galaticism.“
- 15. Of the Apostle’s Language Concerning Food
- 16. Instances from Scripture of Divine Judgments Upon the Self-Indulgent; And…
- Chapter 17.—Conclusion
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