On Modesty
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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 Modesty
- Chapter 1
- 2. God Just as Well as Merciful; Accordingly, Mercy Must Not Be Indiscriminate
- 3. An Objection Anticipated Before the Discussion Above Promised is Commenced
- Chapter 4.—Adultery and Fornication Synonymous
- 5. Of the Prohibition of Adultery in the Decalogue
- 6. Examples of Such Offences Under the Old Dispensation No Pattern for the…
- 7. Of the Parables of the Lost Ewe and the Lost Drachma
- Chapter 8.—Of the Prodigal Son
- 9. Certain General Principles of Parabolic Interpretation. These Applied to the…
- 10. Repentance More Competent to Heathens Than to Christians
- 11. From Parables Tertullian Comes to Consider Definite Acts of the Lord
- 12. Of the Verdict of the Apostles, Assembled in Council, Upon the Subject of…
- 13. Of St. Paul, and the Person Whom He Urges the Corinthians to Forgive
- Chapter 14.—The Same Subject Continued
- Chapter 15.—The Same Subject Continued
- 16. General Consistency of the Apostle
- 17. Consistency of the Apostle in His Other Epistles
- 18. Answer to a Psychical Objection
- 19. Objections from the Revelation and the First Epistle of St. John Refuted
- 20. From Apostolic Teaching Tertullian Turns to that of Companions of the…
- 21. Of the Difference Between Discipline and Power, and of the Power of the Keys
- 22. Of Martyrs, and Their Intercession on Behalf of Scandalous Offenders
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