Contents
- Book I
- Introduction. Modesty in Apparel Becoming to Women, in Memory of the…
- The Origin of Female Ornamentation, Traced Back to the Angels Who Had Fallen
- Concerning the Genuineness of “The Prophecy of Enoch.”
- Waiving the Question of the Authors, Tertullian Proposes to Consider the Things…
- Gold and Silver Not Superior in Origin or in Utility to Other Metals
- Of Precious Stones and Pearls
- Rarity the Only Cause Which Makes Such Things Valuable
- The Same Rule Holds With Regard to Colours. God's Creatures Generally Not to Be…
- God's Distribution Must Regulate Our Desires, Otherwise We Become the Prey of…
- Book II
- Introduction. Modesty to Be Observed Not Only in Its Essence, But in Its…
- Perfect Modesty Will Abstain From Whatever Tends to Sin, as Well as From Sin…
- Grant That Beauty Be Not to Be Feared: Still It is to Be Shunned as Unnecessary…
- Concerning the Plea of “Pleasing the Husband.”
- Some Refinements in Dress and Personal Appearance Lawful, Some Unlawful…
- Of Dyeing the Hair
- Of Elaborate Dressing of the Hair in Other Ways, and Its Bearing Upon Salvation
- Men Not Excluded From These Remarks on Personal Adornment
- Excess in Dress, as Well as in Personal Culture, to Be Shunned. Arguments Drawn…
- Tertullian Refers Again to the Question of the Origin of All These Ornaments…
- Christian Women, Further, Have Not the Same Causes for Appearing in Public, and…
- Such Outward Adornments Meretricious, and Therefore Unsuitable to Modest Women
- It is Not Enough That God Know Us to Be Chaste: We Must Seem So Before Men…
- Elucidation