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Tertullian
On Fasting
3rd c.
Classic translation
Moral & Pastoral · English translation, 1890
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Contents
Connection of Gluttony and Lust. Grounds of Psychical Objections Against the…
Arguments of the Psychics, Drawn From the Law, the Gospel, the Acts, the…
The Principle of Fasting Traced Back to Its Earliest Source
The Objection is Raised, Why, Then, Was the Limit of Lawful Food Extended After…
Proceeding to the History of Israel, Tertullian Shows That Appetite Was as…
The Physical Tendencies of Fasting and Feeding Considered. The Cases of Moses…
Further Examples From the Old Testament in Favour of Fasting
Examples of a Similar Kind From the New
From Fasts Absolute Tertullian Comes to Partial Ones and Xerophagies
Of Stations, and of the Hours of Prayer
Of the Respect Due to “Human Authority;” And of the Charges of “Heresy” And…
Of the Need for Some Protest Against the Psychics and Their Self-Indulgence
Of the Inconsistencies of the Psychics
Reply to the Charge of “Galaticism.“
Of the Apostle's Language Concerning Food
Instances From Scripture of Divine Judgments Upon the Self-Indulgent; And…
Conclusion
Elucidations