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On Exhortation to Chastity
Tertullian
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On Exhortation to Chastity — Tertullian.
Author: Tertullian
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- 8,150 words
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- English
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1Table of Contents
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min2Chapter I.--Introduction. Virginity Classified Under Three Several Species.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min3Chapter II.--The Blame of Our Misdeeds Not to Be Cast Upon God. The One Power Which Rests with Man is the Power of Volit
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min4Chapter III.--Of Indulgence and Pure Volition. The Question Illustrated. [521]
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min5Chapter IV.--Further Remarks Upon the Apostle's Language.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min6Chapter V.--Unity of Marriage Taught by Its First Institution, and by the Apostle's Application of that Primal Type to C
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min7Chapter VI.--The Objection from the Polygamy of the Patriarchs Answered.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min8Chapter VII.--Even the Old Discipline Was Not Without Precedents to Enforce Monogamy. But in This as in Other Respects,
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min9Chapter VIII.--If It Be Granted that Second Marriage is Lawful, Yet All Things Lawful are Not Expedient.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min10Chapter IX.--Second Marriage a Species of Adultery, Marriage Itself Impugned, as Akin to Adultery.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min11Chapter X.--Application of the Subject. Advantages of Widowhood.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min12Chapter XI.--The More the Wives, the Greater the Distraction of the Spirit.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min13Chapter XII.--Excuses Commonly Urged in Defence of Second Marriage. Their Futility, Especially in the Case of Christians
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min14Chapter XIII.--Examples from Among the Heathen, as Well as from the Church, to Enforce the Foregoing Exhortation.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min15Elucidation.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min2Chapter I.--Introduction. Virginity Classified Under Three Several Species.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min3Chapter II.--The Blame of Our Misdeeds Not to Be Cast Upon God. The One Power Which Rests with Man is the Power of Volit
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min4Chapter III.--Of Indulgence and Pure Volition. The Question Illustrated. [521]
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min5Chapter IV.--Further Remarks Upon the Apostle's Language.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min6Chapter V.--Unity of Marriage Taught by Its First Institution, and by the Apostle's Application of that Primal Type to C
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min7Chapter VI.--The Objection from the Polygamy of the Patriarchs Answered.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min8Chapter VII.--Even the Old Discipline Was Not Without Precedents to Enforce Monogamy. But in This as in Other Respects,
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min9Chapter VIII.--If It Be Granted that Second Marriage is Lawful, Yet All Things Lawful are Not Expedient.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min10Chapter IX.--Second Marriage a Species of Adultery, Marriage Itself Impugned, as Akin to Adultery.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min11Chapter X.--Application of the Subject. Advantages of Widowhood.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min12Chapter XI.--The More the Wives, the Greater the Distraction of the Spirit.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min13Chapter XII.--Excuses Commonly Urged in Defence of Second Marriage. Their Futility, Especially in the Case of Christians
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min14Chapter XIII.--Examples from Among the Heathen, as Well as from the Church, to Enforce the Foregoing Exhortation.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min15Elucidation.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min
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