Marriage and Virginity

31. Now, however, he says, you too put them all aside (Col 3:8), and he lists more such sins.

Why, though, is he not content to say, Put them all aside, but adds the phrase, you too? Only to prevent them thinking they can commit these evils and live in that way with impunity, because their faith would save them from the anger that came down on the children of disbelief, who did those things and lived like that without having faith. You too, he said, put aside those evils, on account of which God's anger came down on the children of disbelief, and do not promise yourselves immunity from punishment as a right of faith. He would not say, Put them aside, to those who had already put them aside to the extent of not consenting to those sins, and not giving them their bodies as the weapons of sin, except that, as long as we are still mortal, the life of holy persons is still lived out in this condition and with this task. As long as the spirit has desires opposed to the flesh, this work goes on with great intensity; perverted pleasures, lust, and base carnal impulses are resisted with the gentle joy of sanctity, the love of chastity, spiritual energy and the prized virtue of continence. So, I say, they are being put aside as long as they are being continually suppressed by continence, to prevent them rising up again. If anyone ceases to put them aside in this way, as though they were safe from them, they will launch themselves at the stronghold of that person's soul, and overthrow it and make it their slave again, a foully mutilated captive. Then sin will reign in the mortal human body, exacting obedience to its desires; then one's body will be offered to sin as a weapon for deeds of wickedness (Rom 6:13), and the last condition will be worse than the first (Mt 12:45). It is much more bearable not to have begun a struggle like this than to have abandoned the conflict once begun, and after being a valiant warrior, or even the victor, to become captive. That is why the Lord does not say, "Whoever begins," but, Whoever perseveres to the end is the one who will be saved (Mt 10:22).

32. Whether we are fighting fiercely to avoid being conquered, or on occasions are even victorious with unexpected and unhoped for ease, let us give glory to him who gives us continence. Let us remember that a just man said while living in prosperity, I shall not ever be dislodged (Ps 29:7), and he was shown how rash it was for him to say this, attributing what was given him from above to his own strength. We learn this by his own admission, for shortly afterward he added: Lord, in your benevolence you honored me with the gift of virtue, but you have turned your gaze away from me and I am now in turmoil (Ps 30:7). By a healing providence he has been abandoned by his guide for a moment, lest through fatal pride he himself abandon his guide. So, whether it is now, when we struggle to dominate and diminish our defects, or then, as it will be at the end, when we have no enemy because we are free from disease, it is healthy for us that anyone who boasts should boast in the Lord (1 Cor 1:31).

Notes

[Translator] In the other works in this volume the Latin continentia has not usually been translated simply as "continence," but, according to the context, by more commonly used terms such as "restraint" and "self-control." For this present work, however, it seems better to retain the accepted title, Continence, and then for the most part to use that English word as the translation throughout. Although the English word has other connotations in other contexts, it may be seen as an acceptable, perhaps semi-technical, word for an ethical or theological treatise on the topic of sexual restraint.

Augustine's point is clearer in the Latin than in translation. In this life evil desire

(concupiscentia) vitiates all human actions. It is possible to "accomplish good" (fieri bonum) by resisting evil desire; but it is impossible to "bring good to completion" (perficere bonum) unless evil desire itself is eliminated. By the time he wrote this work, Augustine's reading of

Romans 7 had convinced him that such perfect virtue could not be achieved in this life.

†3 See Rom 10:3.

†4 See Gal 3:24.

†5 See Ps 85:12.

[Translator] The implication of the English here is that desire has desires. This passage provides a good example of the different nuances of different Latin words (concupiscentia, desiderium) that might both be translated by the one English word "desire." It also shows the need to attend to whether the desire referred to is dispositional or a latent tendency, or whether it is an actual feeling of attraction (or repulsion), which might result from that disposition or tendency being aroused or stimulated.

[Translator] Literally "desires"; desire, concupiscentia, has desires, desideria.

[Translator] The Latin liberis, translated here as "free persons," could also be translated as

"children."

According to the heresy of Apollinaris, bishop of Laodicea in the mid-fourth century, the incarnate Word assumed human flesh without a rational soul. Augustine discusses the

Apollinarian heresy in Heresies 55.

At this point Augustine has begun to attack the teaching of the Manichees, who attribute human sins to an evil substance that has invaded and contaminated the pure divine nature. See

Heresies 47.

In Confessions VII, 2, 3 Augustine attributes to his friend Nebridius a similar refutation of the Manichees.

The contrast between the original state of humanity, "being able not to sin" (posse non peccare) and the final end of humanity, "not being able to sin" (non posse peccare) is developed further by Augustine in Correction and Grace 12, 33.

According to Confessions VII, 12, 18, a significant turning point in Augustine's intellectual and religious development occurred when he recognized that evil was not a substance. This understanding came as a result of reading the "books of the Platonists."

†14 See Jn 13:23.

†15 See 1 Cor 7:6.

†16 See Gal 5:19-21.

Endmatter

INDEX OF SCRIPTURE

(prepared by Matthew Dolan)

(The numbers after the scriptural reference refer to the section of the work)

The Excellence of Marriage, pages 27-61

Old Testament

Genesis

1:28 2

21:12 23,31

Psalms

48:1 7,7

138:3 2

Ecclesiastes

3:5 13,15

Wisdom

2:24 2

Sirach

3:18 26,35

New Testament

Matthew

5:32 7

11:18 21,26

11:19 21,26

Luke

10:39 8,8

1 Corinthians

4:5 18,21

6:19 11,13

7:4 4,4; 6,6; 24,32

7:7 10,10

7:9 10,10; 17,19; 21,25

7:10-11 24,32

7:14 11,13

7:28 10,11; 11,12; 18,21

7:29-34 10,10

7:34 11,13; 12,14; 22,27

7:36 10,11; 11,12; 18,21

13:8 8,8

2 Corinthians

10:12 26,34

Galatians

4:1 22,27

Ephesians

5:12 8,8

Philippians

4:12 21,25

1 Thessalonians

4:5 13,15

4:17 2

1 Timothy

1:5 10,10

2:9-10 12,14

5:14 24,32

Hebrews

13:4 8,8

1 Peter

3:1-7 12,14

Revelation

14:4 23,31

Holy Virginity, pages 62-108

Old Testament

Exodus

20:13,15 30,30

Job

7:1 39,40

25:4 48,48

28:28 42

Psalms

2:11 38,39

19:7 42

19:9 38,39

25:15 40,41

27:4 38,39

27:9 38,39

36:11 52,53

37:23 41,42

45:2 11,11; 37,38; 54,55

76:11 29,29

84:2 38,39

96:1 27,27

96:8 30,30

119:4 41,42

119:5-6 41,42

127:1 40,41

138:6 32,32

139:7 38,39

141:3-4 41,42

146:8 42

Proverbs

20:9 48,48

Wisdom

8:21 41,43

Sirach

3:18 31,31; 33,33

3:18-19 43,44

3:20 53,54

Isaiah

56:5 24,24; 30,30

56:6 25,25

66:2 39,40

Daniel

3:87 56,57

13:23 20,20

New Testament

Matthew

5:3 28,28; 32,32

5:4 28,28

5:5 28,28

5:6 28,28

5:7 28,28

5:8 28,28

5:9 28,28

5:10 28,28

6:12 48,48

8:8-10 32,32

8:19-20 51,52

9:11-13 36,36

9:12 36,37

11:9 28,28

11:25-29 35,35

11:27 50,51

11:28 35,35; 50,51

12:48-50 3,3

12:50 5,5

15:26 32,32

15:28 32,32

18:3 32,32

18:7 39,40

19:10-12 23,23

19:12 1,1; 47; 9,9

19:21 45,46

24:12 39,40

24:31 48,48

Luke

1:34 4,4

11:27-28 3,3

18:10 32,32

18:11-14 32,32

23:34 28,28

John

1:14 37

1:29 37

4:34 28,28

13:16 50,51

14:2 26,26

Acts of the Apostles

2:44 45,46

4:32 45,46

Romans

5:20 36,36

8:15 38,39

10:3 40,41

11:12 42

11:20 38,39

12:10 47

12:16 42

15:3 37,38

1 Corinthians

1:28 20,20

2:3 38,39

4:7 40,41

7:7 40,41

7:9 1,1; 9,9

7:10-11 15,15

7:11 15,15

7:25 14,14

7:25-26 13,13; 14,14

7:26 14,14; 21,21

7:27 15,15

7:27-28 15,15

7:28 15,15; 16,16; 17,17; 18,18; 19,19; 20,20; 21,21

7:32 38,39; 44,45

7:32-34 22,22

7:34 11,11

7:38 18,18; 21,21

7:39 18,18; 19,19

7:40 18,18

10:12 39,40

10:13 47

12:11 40,41

12:18 26,26

12:31 45,46

13:4 31,31

15:8 29,29

15:19 22,22

15:41 26,26

15:41-42 14,14; 26,26

15:53 26,26

2 Corinthians

4:18 24,24

8:9 28,28

11:2 2,2

Galatians

5:6 7,7

Ephesians

2:8-10 40,41

Philippians

2:3 47

2:7-8 31,31

2:8 32,32

2:12-13 38,39

Colossians

2:3 35,35

1 Timothy

1:5 6,6

1:13 36,37

4:8 24,24

5:6 34

5:11-12 33,34

5:13 33,34

2 Timothy

2:25 41,42

James

1:5 42

1:17 32,32; 41,42

4:6 34; 44,45

1 Peter

2:21 28,28

2:22 28,28

3:9 53,54

1 John

1:8-10 49,49

2:1-2 49,50

4:8 51,52

4:18 38,39

The Excellence of Widowhood, pages 109-137

Old Testament

Genesis

1:10-25 6,9

1:31 6,9

Psalms

45:2 19,23

45:13 19,23

Ecclesiastes

3:5 8,11

Wisdom

7:16 18,22

8:21 17,21

Isaiah

53:2 19,23

New Testament

Matthew

6:13 17,21

10:22 20,25

19:11 9,12; 23,28

19:12 23,28

22:29-30 12,15

26:41 17,21

Luke

2:36-37 13,16

2:37 14,17

John

14:6 19,23

Romans

6:9 10,13

12:3 1,2

12:4 3,4

1 Corinthians

2:12 16,20

3:7 18,22

4:3 22,27

4:7 16,20

6:15 6,8

6:19 3,4

6:19-20 6,8

7:6-7 3,5

7:8 2,3; 5,7; 8,11

7:9 8,11

7:29 8,11

7:33 2,3

7:35 5,7

7:38 5,7

7:39 4; 12,15

7:39-40 12,15

7:40 4; 5,7

10:11 7

10:13 17,21

10:33 22,27

15:41 6,9

2 Corinthians

1:12 22,27

6:7-8 22,27

8:21 22,27

11:2 10,13

Galatians

1:10 22,27

Philippians

3:16 15,19

4:8-9 22,27

1 Timothy

5:5 14,17

5:6 14,17; 21,26

5:11-12 8,11; 9,12

5:14 8,11

James

1:5 17,21

1:17 21,26

1 Peter

3:5-6 5,7

3:7 5,7

Adulterous Marriages, pages 138-187

Old Testament

Deuteronomy

7:3-4 I,21,25

Psalms

73:27 I,17,19

76:11 I,24,30

Ecclesiastes

3:5 II,12

Sirach

28:2-5 II,14,15

New Testament

Matthew

5:31-32 II,10,10

5:32 I,2,2; I,10,11; I,22,28; II,10,10; II,17,8

6:12 II,14,15

Mark

10:11 I,11,12

Luke

6:37 II,14,15

16:18 I,9,10; I,11,12; I,12,13; I,21,27; I,22,28; I,25; II,9,8; II,13,13; II,17,8; II,19,20

John

8:7 II,7,6; II,14,14

8:11 II,6,5

16:12 I,27,34

Romans

3:8 I,23,29

14:12 I,26,33

14:20 I,14,15

14:23 I,18,20

1 Corinthians

3:2 I,27,34

4:14 I,20,24

6:12-13 I,14,15

7:2-5 I,2,2

7:10 I,1,1

7:10-11 I,1,1; I,3,3; I,4,4; I,21,27; II,2,2

7:12 I,13,14; I,17,19; I,19,23; I,20,24; I,21,25; I,21,26; I,25

7:12-13 I,25

7:14 I,13,14

7:16 I,13,14

7:24 I,18,21

7:27-28 I,25

7:29 II,12; II,13,13

7:39 I,21,25; I,21,27; I,25; II,2,2; II,3,3; II,4; II,4,4; II,5; II,9,8; II,10,10

7:40 I,18,21

8:13 I,14,15

9:4-7 I,14,15

9:12 I,14,15

9:18 I,14,15

9:19 I,14,15

10:23-24 I,14,15

10:25 I,14,15

2 Corinthians

13:3 I,21,25

Galatians

5:2 I,20,24

Ephesians

5:23 II,8,7

1 Timothy

5:12 I,24,30

5:14-15 II,12

James

4:17 I,9,9

1 John

1:8 II,14,14

Continence, pages 188-218

Old Testament

Genesis

46:27 4,11

Psalms

14:1 2,4

29:7 14,32

30:7 14,32

34:14 7,17

41:4 7,18

65:2 4,11

66:4 14,30

94:19 11,25

103:2-3 7,18

103:3 11,25

119:133 5,12

141:3 1,2

141:3-4 2,3; 5,13

Wisdom

8:21 1,1; 13,28

9:15 8,21

Sirach

37:16 2,3

Jeremiah

17:5 4,10

New Testament

Matthew

6:12 5,13; 6,15; 11,25

6:12-13 7,18

10:22 14,31

12:45 14,31

15:11 2,4

15:16-19 2,4

15:18 2,4

15:19 2,5

15:19-20 2,4

19:11 1,1

23:26 2,4

Luke

3:6 4,11

12:35 7,17

12:36 7,17

24:39 10,24

John

1:14 4,11

8:44 4,11

17:2 4,11

Romans

3:20 3,7; 4,11

4:15 3,7

5:20 3,7

6:12-13 2,4

6:12-14 3,8

6:13 14,31

6:14 5,12

7:7 3,7

7:17 13,29

7:22-23 3,6

7:23 9,22

7:25 8,19

8:10 8,21

8:12-14 3,8

8:14 5,12; 13,28

12:1 10,24

13:1 4,11

14:23 12,26

1 Corinthians

1:13 11,25

1:30 11,25

1:31 14,32

3:1-3 11,25

3:3 4,11

6:15 10,24

7:7 1,1

11:12 10,24

11:13 11,25

12:12 10,24

12:18 10,24

12:24-26 10,24

15:26 3,6

15:44 8,19

15:56 3,7

2 Corinthians

3:5 4,11

Galatians

2:16 4,11

2:20 13,29

5:16 8,20

5:16-17 7,18; 11,25

5:16-18 3,9

5:17 2,5; 9,22

5:19 3,9

5:19-21 3,9

5:22-23 3,9

5:24 3,9

Ephesians

5:22-23 9,23

5:24 9,23; 11,25

5:25 9,23

5:25,28 9,22

5:25-28 9,22

5:28 9,23

Philippians

2:13 13,28

Colossians

3:1-2 13,29

3:1-4 13,29

3:4 13,29

3:5 13,29

3:6 14,30

3:7 14,30

3:8 14,31

2 Timothy

2:8 10,24

Hebrews

5:14 6,15

James

1:14 7,18

2:14 14,30

1 John

1:8 11,25

INDEX

(prepared by Joseph Sprug)

Each work in this volume is indexed separately. The number in brackets [] indicates the page; the other numbers indicate chapter and/of section.

The Excellence of Marriage, pages 27–61

Abraham, [50] 22; [52] 24; [59] 35

chastity, [53] 26; [54] 22,27

hand on his thigh, [51] 19

abstinence:

adultery and, [38] 7

See also celibacy

complete, [45] 13,15

disposition of, [52] 21,25

goodness of, [41] 9,9

marriage and, [39] 8

merit, [38] 7

mutual consent, [35] 3

permanent, [37] 6

prayer and, [42] 11 survival of the race and, [41] 10,10 adultery, [37] 6; [38] 7; [39] 8; [42] 11; [43] 11,12; [47] 16,18 divorce and, [34] 3 fidelity and, [36] 4,4 infidelity, [35] 4,4 intention, [36] 5,5 putting adulteress wife aside, [38] 7 separating from husband adulterer, [38] 7 animals, [50] 19

Anna (widow), [40] 8; [59] 35

apostles, [48] 16,18

attachment: earthly goods, [52] 21,25

baptism, [49] 18,21

bees, [33] 2

birth control, [36] 5,5

body and soul:

See also human body

burying the dead, [51] 20,23

carnal union, See sexual union.

Cato, [50] 18,21 celibacy (celibates), [47] 15; [48] 17,19

See also abstinence; chastity; virginity

chastity, [54] 22,27

disposition; O.T. saints, [53-55] 22,27

marriages (O.T.) and, [51] 24

married persons, [58] 26,34

obedience and, [55] 29; [57] 24,32

obeying the commandments, [56] 31

service of Christ, [53] 26

See also self-control

creation:

fill the earth and rule…, [33] 2

goodness of all things created, [50] 19

dead body:

purification after burying, [51] 20,23

symbol of sinfulness, [51] 20,23

death, [34] 2; [46] 15

marriage bond, [57] 24,32

desire:

for good things, when needed, [41] 9,9

sensual, [35] 3

devotion:

married women, [44] 12,14

dining, [40] 8

disposition: characteristics, [52] 21,25

divorce, [57] 24,32

childlessness and, [46] 15

Gentiles, [39] 8

husband and wife after, [39] 7

remarriage after, See remarriage.

sterile wife, [38]

divorce and adultery:

divorce, [39]

gift (-s; -from God)

See also grace

glory, [59] 35

gluttony, [47] 16,18

God:

kingdom of God, [59] 35

many souls subject to one God, [49]

renouncing, [50] 18,21

gods:

false, [49] 20

gold and straw, [35] 4,4

Goliath, [55] 29

good and evil:

comparative, [39] 8

goodness:

degree of, [55] 23,28

goods:

marriage necessary for, [40] 9,9 habitual disposition, [52] 21,25 health, [39] 8; [40] 9,9; [47] 16,18; [52] 21,25 heart, [44] 12,14 single, turned to God, [49] 18,21 heaven: perfection of our unity, [49] 18,21 holiness: concerns of married people, [42] 10,10 unnatural sexual relations and, [43] 11,12

Holy Spirit, [43] 13

homelessness, [40] 8 human body: authority; husband and wife, [35] 4,4; [37] 6; [57] 24,32 benefit from drinking, [52] 21,25 care of slaves, [40] 8 chaste Christian wife, [43] 13 injury, [34] 2 spiritual, [34] 2 temple of the Holy Spirit, [43] 13 human condition, [34] 3; [41] 9,9 human nature, [33] 1,1 human race, [33] 1,1; [41] 9,9 humility, [44] 12,14; [58] 35 husband and wife: adultery, [38] 7 authority over one's body, [35] 4,4; [37] 6; [57] 24,32 bond of human society, [33] 1,1 care for the spouse, [38] 7 chaste sexual union, [40] 8 fidelity; conjugal love, [43] 11,12 holiness and an unbelieving spouse, [43] 13 lascivious behavior, [46] 14,16 marital restriction, [49] 18,21 mutual fidelity, [35] 4,4 older people; love relationship, [35] 3 putting one's spouse aside, not lawful, [34] 3 strength of union, [33] 1,1 temporal concerns, [41-42] 10,10 unreasonable insistence on marriage duty, [37] 6 illusion, [39] 8 immortality, [34] 2; [39] 8

Incarnation:

prophecy, [51] 19

womb of a virgin, [33] 2

incontinence, [42] 10,10

infertility, [46] 15

Isaac, [56] 31; [59] 35

Israelites: garments, [34] 2

Jacob, [59] 35

Jerusalem, [47] 16,18

Jesus Christ, [47] 15; [50] 19; [59] 35

See also Christian life

See Church.

Churches subject to, [49] 18,21

giving up possessions for, [40] 8

spiritually subject to, [57] 24,32

universal submission to, [49] 18,21

virtue of restraint, [53] 26

wedding guest, [34] 3

Job: patience, [52] 21,25

John the Baptist, Saint, [53] 26

John, Saint, Apostle, [53] 26

kinship:

bond, [33] 1,1

spiritual, [41] 9,9

knowledge, [39] 8

Lamb of God, [56] 31

law:

signs of the future, [51] 20,23

learning, [40] 9,9

love, [47] 16,18

unfailing, [39] 8

lust, [35] 3; [45] 13,15; [58] 26,34

Manichees, [53] 26; [57-58] 25,33

marital act, See sexual union.

marriage (married people):

See also celibacy; divorce; husband and wife; separation abstinence and, [39] 8

See adultery.

benefits of, [34-35] 3 better, than to burn, [48] 17,19; [52] 21,25 celibacy superior to, [50] 19 chastity; celibates and, [54] 22,27 comparison: O.T./N.T., [48] 17,19; [50] 22 concern with pleasing the Lord, [44] 12,14 excellence; does not surpass virginity, [33] 1,1

See fidelity.

first act of intercourse, [46] 15

fornication and, [42] 11

goodness of, [41] 9,9

three elements, [57] 24,32

held dear, [52] 24

holiness in, [45] 13,15

honorable, [43] 11,12

improper union, [46] 17 indissolubility, [38] 7 leaving husband to marry another, [50] 18,21 lesser of two evils, [39] 8

Manichee heresy refuted, [57-58] 25,33 monogamous, [49] 18,21 necessary for sake of other goods, [40] 9,9 not a sin to marry (Paul), [42] 11; [43] 11,12; [49] 18,21 remedy for sensuality, [37-38] 6 sacred contract, [38] 7 sanctity of the sacrament, [50] 18,21; [57] 24,32 self-control and, [41] 10,10; [42] 11 sexual union as purpose of, [36] 5,5; [48] 17,19 sterility and, [46] 15 true, [36] 5,5 virginity and, [55] 29 virtue of celibacy compared with, [55] 23,28 youthful incontinence and, [35] 3 marriage bond: inflexible bond, [39] 7 not broken by divorce, [57] 24,32 marriage (Old Testament) celibacy and, [51] 24 duty of having children, [45] 13,15; [47] 15;16,18

Levitical purity laws, [51] 20,23 married for Christ, [59] 35 matrimony used in unmatrimonial way, [56] 31 prophetic character, [50] 19; [58] 26,34 several wives, [45] 13,15 taking another woman to have children, [46] 15 wives as symbols of future Churches, [49] 18,21 married women: devotion to God is rare, [44] 12,14 obedience (Peter), [44] 12,14 temporal concerns, [44] 13

Martha and Mary, [40] 8

martyr (-s; -dom):

virtue of, [52] 21,25

virtue of patience, [53] 26

Mary, Blessed Virgin, [40] 8; [59] 35

merit, [59] 35

Messiah:

prophecy concerning, [50] 19

mind:

development, [34] 2

mistress, [43] 11,12

mortality:

original sin, [33] 2

transformation to immortality, [34] 2

Moses:

nature:

superiors and subordinates, [48] 20

need:

wanting good things in time of, [41] 9,9

nonbelievers, See unbelievers.

obedience:

See also commandments celibacy and the commandments, [55] 29; [56] 31 comparison: wife and virgin, [55] 30 mother of all virtues, [55] 30 virginity and, [56] 30 old age, [35] 3 ordination: marital restriction, [49] 18,21 prerequisites for, [49] 18,21 purpose, [57] 24,32 original sin: procreation and, [33] 2 original state: mortality, [34] 2 ownership, [46] 14,16 parents: sensual moderation, [35] 3 passion, [37] 5,5; [45] 13,15; [47] 16,18 patience: virtue of martyrs, [53] 26 perfection: giving up possessions, [40] 8 having children in a spiritual way, [48] 17,19 people compared, [55] 29

Peter, Saint, Apostle, [44] 12,14; [53] 26 piety, [47] 16,18 pleasure, [47] 16,18 polyandry, [48] 20 polygamy:

Manichees on, [58] 25,33

rightness of, [48] 20

symbolism, [49] 18,21

possessions: voluntary poverty, [40] 8

power: unjust use of, [46] 14,16

prayer: excessive intercourse and, [42] 11 marriage and sexual union, [45] 13,15; [51] 20,23 pregnancy, [49] 20 priesthood, See ordination.

procreation:

See also children; marriage

before the fall of man, [33] 2

descendants, [34] 2 increase and multiply…, [33,34] 2 instinct for (animals, birds, etc.), [50] 19 morality of intercourse, [38] 6 natural sociability, [35] 3 objective, [57] 24,32

Old Testament piety, [47] 16,18 physical union, [33] 2 propagation: marriage duty (O.T.), [41] 9,9; [50] 19 purpose of marriage, [35] 3 sexual moderation, [43] 11,12 temporal, [39] 8 prophets, [48] 16,18 purification: after burying the dead, [51] 20,23 after emission of seed, [51] 20,23 purity: laws, Levitical, [51] 20,23 rape, [49] 18,21 respectability, [48] 17,19 reward, [49] 18,21; [59] 35 sacrifices: eating food from, [47] 16,18 sacrilege, [40] 8

Sarah, [44] 12,14; [55] 22,27

Satan, [38] 6

seed: formlessness, [51] 20,23

self-control: chastity, [54] 22,27 marriage for those lacking, [41] 10,10; [42] 11; [58] 25,33 sensuality, [37] 5,5; [41] 9,9; [42] 11; [44] 12,14 infidelity, [35] 4,4 marriage as remedy for, [37] 6 moderation (parents), [35] 3 moderation in thing allowed, [43] 11,12 satisfaction in marital sex, [38] 6 sexual ethics: circumstances of the times, [47] 15 sexual restraint, See abstinence; continence.

sexual union:

angelic freedom from, [39] 8

beyond need to procreate, [48] 17,19

chaste; uncontrolled, [37] 5,5

children as honorable fruit of, [33] 1,1

Levitical purity laws, [51] 20,23

moderation in, [47] 16,18; [58] 26,34

mortal bodies, [33] 2; [34] 2

nature's plan, [58] 26,34 perverted, [37] 6 prayer time and, [42] 11; [45] 13,15; [51] 20,23 propagation not the motive, [42] 11 restriction vs complete abstinence, [45] 13,15 seriousness in the pleasure, [35] 3 time for refraining…, [45] 13,15 true purpose of marriage, [36] 5,5 unlawful relations (O.T.), [58] 25,33 unnatural practice, [42] 11; [43] 11,12 unreasonable use of rights, [37] 5,5 women of faith, [40] 8 sin:

See also Holy Spirit

spirituality, [48] 17,19

spouses, See husband and wife.

starvation, [47] 16,18

sterility:

divorce and, [38] 7

straw and gold, [35] 4,4

suffering:

quality of the great, [52] 21,25

Susanna, [40] 8; [59] 35

temporal goods:

use of (paradox), [52] 21,25

temptation:

patience of Job, [52] 21,25

theft, [46] 14,16

Timothy (and Paul), [52] 21,25

trust:

sin as purpose of, [35-36] 4,4

spiritual good, [35] 4,4

tyranny, [46] 14,16

unbelievers:

virgins, [40] 8

unity:

marriage as sacrament of, [49] 18,21

unmarried women, [42] 10,10

concern for the Lord, [44] 12,14

despicable; sensuality, [44] 12,14

virgin birth, [33] 2

virginity, [40] 8

celibate by choice, [45] 13,15

counsel, not a command, [56] 30

dedicated to God, [58] 35

marriage and, [55] 29

obedience and, [56] 30

virgins:

consecrated:

women who have been violated, [49] 18,21

following the Lamb, [56] 31

virtue:

disposition, [53] 26

obedience as mother of all, [55] 30 practice, [54] 22,27 present without being manifest, [52] 21,25 times and circumstances, [53] 26 virtues of the mind, [52] 21,25 wealth: knowing how to be wealthy, [52] 21,25 welcoming, [40] 8 wickedness:

See also celibacy

earthly advantage, [83] 25,25

Adam, [71] 6,6

adultery, [75] 15,15; [79] 20

divorce and,[81] 23,23

angels, [74] 13; [92] 38; [104] 53,54

apostles, [100] 48,48

atonement: Christ and our sins, [101] 50

authority, [105] 56,57

baptism:

forgiveness of sins, [101] 48,48

beatitudes:

following Christ, [85] 28,28; [87] 32,32

beauty: interior, [104] 55,56 bible, [77] 17,17; [78] 19,19; [80,81] 22,22; [83] 25,25 no lies in, [77] 18,18; [79] 20 birds, [102] 51,52 body and soul:

See also human body

Canaanite woman, [88] 32,32

carnal union, See sexual union.

celibacy (celibates), [72] 8,8; [73] 10; [74] 13; [78] 18,18; [95] 40,41

See also abstinence; chastity; virginity

eternal reward, [83] 25,25

eunuchs, [82] 24,24

gift from God, [97]

heaven and, [81] 22,22

humility needed by, [89] 33,33

marriage not equal to, [78] 19,19

Paul's preference for, [80] 22,22

Susanna, [78]

life in present world, [80] 22,22 marriage as sin and, [79] 21,21 perpetual, [76] 16,16; [78] 19,19; [80] 21,21 married life and, [87] 31,31 vow, [86] 29,29 suitors and, [78] 18,18 childlikeness, [88] 32,32 children:

Christian education of, [74] 12; [82] 24,24

Church as mother of, [71] 7,7

not born as Christians, [71] 7,7

See procreation.

produced honorably, [73] 12

Christian life:

Christ formed in Christians, [70] 5,5

following Christ, [86] 29,29 living for God, [91] 36,36 married Christians follow Christ, [85] 28,28

Christians:

share in motherhood of Christ, [70] 5,5

Church:

authority, [98] 46

birth of consecrated virgins, [73] 12

chastity of, [100] 48,48

Christ's mother; Christ's virgin, [71] 6,6 company of virgins, [92] 37 eternal life, [83] 24,24 holiness, [69] 2,2

Holy Spirit resting over members of, [94] 39,40 kingdom of heaven, [82] 24,24 virgin and mother, [68] 2,2 clergy (clerical state): clothes, [90] 34 commandments: disobeying is a sin, [74-75] 14,14 grace and carrying out, [96] 41,42 offerings and, [86] 30,30 confession: sins forgiven in, [101] 50; [103] 52,53 virgins must confess faults, [101] 49,49 conjugal love, See chastity; husband and wife; sexual union.

conscience, [90] 34

continence,

See also self-control

Crispina, [98] 44,45

damnation, [74] 14,14; [80] 21,21

Daniel, [79] 20 denarius: wages that everyone receives, [83-84] 26,26 desire, [90] 34 for gifts, [103] 52,53 devil, [77] 17,17; [87] 31,31; [103] 53,54 devotion, [72] 8,8 disciples, [89] 32,32 divorce, [75, 76] 15,15 authority of God, [81] 23,23 remarriage after, See remarriage.

divorce and adultery:

See also grace

desire for, [103] 52,53 eternal life and, [99] 46 fruits: hundredfold, sixtyfold, thirtyfold, [98] 45-46 hidden, [98] 44,45 many; varied, [99] 46 safe-keeping, [103] 52,53 some greater/better than others, [99] 46 glory: degrees of, [83] 26,26 superior perfection, [79] 21,21 virginal consecration, [74] 14,14

God:

no unfairness in, [95] 40,41

good and evil:

chastity, [72] 8,8

pride afflicts the virtuous, [89] 34

good works, [83] 24,24

goodness:

give thanks for, [88] 32,32

gossipers, [89] 34

grace:

commandments and, [96] 41,42

gift to know God's gifts, [97] 42

greatness, [103] 52,53 humility and, [102] 51; [104] 53,54 humility proportionate with, [87] 31,31; [89] 33,33; [97] 43,44; [104] 53,54 hair, [90] 34 health, [84] 26,26 heaven, [74] 13; [80,81] 22,22; [84] 27,27 celibacy and, [81] 23,23 denarius; parable of the vineyard, [83-84] 26,26 earthly life and, [82] 24,24 eunuchs in, [83] 25,25 greater glory in, [74] 14,14 holiness, [86] 29,29

Holy Spirit, [79] 20; [83] 25,25; [102] 51, 52 dwells in a humble heart, [94] 39,40; [102] 51,52 honor, [76] 16,16; [84] 26,26; [100] 47 hope, [84] 27,27 most wretched of people…, [81] 22,22 human body: control over, [104] 55,56 organs, [84] 26,26 humility:

Canaanite woman, [88] 32,32

celibates' need of, [89] 33,33

Christ as model for virgins, [92] 37

Christ's teaching on, [87] 32,32; [89] 33,33; [102] 51 commandment, [87] 31,31 divine warnings, [95] 39,40 exhortation to, [91] 36,36 false; a form of pride, [97] 43,44 gift from God, [96] 41,42 great persons, [102] 51 greatness and, [105] 56,57

Jesus as exemplar of, [90] 35,35

love produced by, [103] 52,53

most virtuous people, [101] 50

need for, [87] 31,31 poor in spirit, [87] 32,32 proportionate with greatness, [87] 31,31; [89] 33,33; [97] 43,44; [104] 53,54 sin absolved by, [102] 50

Spirit dwells in a humble heart, [94] 39,40; [102] 51,52 virginity protected by, [102] 51,52 virgins are to follow Christ, [90] 35,35 whoever exalts…, [88] 32,32 husband and wife: mutual love, [104] 55,56 idleness, [89] 34 imitation of Christ, [85] 27,27 impurity, [92] 38 incorruptibility, [74] 13

Isaiah: prophecy re eunuchs, [82] 24,24

Jesus Christ, [68] 1,1; [72] 9,9; [76] 16,16; [79] 20

See also Christian life

See Church.

contemplate the Savior, [104] 54,55 creator and creature, [104] 54,55 despised by children of human race, [92] 38 family relationships, [70] 5,5 humility, [92] 38 humble of heart, [91] 35,35; [92] 37; [102] 51,52; [103] 52,53 learn of me for I am…, [90] 35,35; [92] 37; [102] 51 model of humility, [92] 37 prime example, [90] 35,35 suffering, [98] 44,45 teacher of humility, [87] 31,31; 32,32; [89] 33,33; [102] 51 sinlessness, [93] 38

Son of God; son of man, [85] 27,27; [91] 35,35 spouse of virgins, [104-105] 55,56 virgins betrothed to, [73] 12 whoever does my Father's will…, [69] 3,3

John, Saint, Apostle, [84] 27,27

joy, [84] 27,27; [86] 29,29

judgment day: fear of, [93] 38,39

justice, [92] 37; [96] 41,42; [100] 47

justification, [94] 38,39; [103] 52,53

kinship:

physical and spiritual, [69] 3,3

Lamb of God, [84] 27,27; [95] 40,41; [101] 49,49 following Christ, [85] 28,28; [86] 29,29; [95] 40,41 married people following, [102] 51,52 law, [93] 38,39 life: a trial, [101] 48,48

Lord's Prayer:

Forgive us our trespasses…, [100-101] 48,48 love, [68] 1,1; [84] 27,27; [87] 31,31; [92] 38; [96] 41,42; [104] 55,56 fear: loving/not loving, [93] 38,39 forgiven much; given much, [97] 42; [103] 52,53 for greater gifts; love more, [95-96] 40,41 greatest gift, [99] 47 licit; sacrificed, [105] 55,56 martyrdom, [104] 53,54 security, [103] 52,53 three young men (Daniel), [105] 56,57 virginity protected by, [102] 51,52 lust, [90] 34 lying, [77] 17,17; 18,18; [101] 49,49 marital act, See sexual union.

marriage (married people), [78] 20; [87] 30,30

See also celibacy; divorce; husband and wife; separation

See adultery.

better, than to burn, [68] 1,1; [72] 9,9 burdens in, [76] 16,16 celibacy superior to, [68] 1,1; [78] 19,19 chastity in, [79] 20 condemning, [77] 18,18 envy of virgins, [86] 29,29 eunuchs and, [82] 24,24 excellence; does not surpass virginity, [71] 7,7

See fidelity.

following Christ, [85] 28,28 following the Lamb, [102] 51,52 not a sin to marry (Paul), [75] 14,14; 15,15; [77] 17,17; 18,18; [79] 20

Paul does not condemn, [76] 17,17

perfection of, [79,80] 21,21

prepared for martyrdom, [99] 47

producing virgins, [72] 10

punishment in the next life, [78] 20

rejected by virgins, [105] 55,56

troubles in, [81] 23,23 virgin's heart free from, [104] 54,55 virginity and, [68] 1,1; [87] 31,31; [98] 46; [100] 47 worldly cares in, [74] 13; 14,14 marriage bond: forgoing bonds of, [95] 40,41 marriage (Old Testament): prophetic character, [68] 1,1 married women:

Christ's mothers, [71] 6,6

virgins hoping to marry and, [73] 11,11

martyr (-s; -dom), [98] 44,45

gift hidden until tested, [99] 47

married people prepared for, [99] 47

ranked above virginity, [99] 46

supreme degree of love, [104] 53,54

virgins and, [98,99]

Mary, Blessed Virgin, [68] 2,2; [78] 20

chosen by God, [69] 4,4

Christians share in motherhood of Christ, [70] 5,5 consecrated to God, [69] 4,4 example for virgins, [71] 7,7 faith of, [69] 3,3 honored for virginity and motherhood, [71] 7,7 model for consecrated virgins, [69] 4,4 mother and virgin, [70-71] 6,6 mother of members of the Church, [70] 6,6 mother of whole Church, [70] 5,5 virginity, and the Church, [70] 6,6

Mary Magdalen, [93] 38; [94] 38,39; [96] 41,42 mercy, [91] 36,36; [92] 37 merit, [80] 21,21; [84] 26,26

Messiah:

mind, [72] 8,8

modesty, [90] 34

money, [72] 9,9 mother (-hood): cooperate in holy child-bearing, [71] 7,7 holy virginity and, [72] 8,8 mutilation: male organs, [82] 24,24

Mystical Body: role of Mary and the Church, [68] 2,2; [70] 6,6 name: everlasting, [83] 25,25; [86] 30,30 nonbelievers, See unbelievers.

obedience:

See also commandments celibacy and the commandments, [96] 41,42 comparison: wife and virgin, [98] 44,45 offerings: commandments and, [86] 30,30 olive tree, [68] 1,1; [94] 38,39 opinions, [77] 17,17 ownership: everything held in common, [99] 46 peace, [91] 35,35 perfection: people compared, [98] 44,45

Pharisee: tax collector and, [88] 32,32; [93] 38; [95] 40,41; [97] 43,44 piety, [72] 8,8; [97] 42 pleasure, [90] 34 poverty: voluntary, [99] 46 prayer, [96] 41,42l pride, [87] 31,31; [91] 35,35; [93] 38,39; [95] 40,41; [98] 44,45; [100] 47; [102] 50; 51,52; afflicts the virtuous, [89] 34 deception re vocation, [105] 56,57 false humility, [97] 43,44 insulting sinners, [88] 32,32 virginity and, [68] 1,1 virgins refraining from marriage, [90] 34 priesthood, See ordination.

procreation:

See also children; marriage

eunuchs and, [82] 24,24

prophets:

descendants, [72] 9,9

marriage (O.T.), [68] 1,1

prostitutes, [91] 36,36

punishment, [94] 38,39 rape, [73] 10 redemption, [75] 14,14; [93] 38; [104] 54,55 repentance, [96] 41,42 reward, [78] 19,19; [84] 26,26; [87] 31,31; [93] 38,39 saints, [84] 26,26 salvation, [75] 14,14; [93, 94] 38,39

Satan, [76] 16,16

scandal, [94] 39,40

self-control, [76] 16,16; [80] 21,21

self-glorification, [103] 52,53

self-satisfaction, [90] 34

sensuality, [92] 38 servant: great persons and, [102] 51 sexual restraint, See abstinence; continence.

sick people, [91] 36,36

sin:

See also Holy Spirit

hidden strength in, [100] 47

spirituality,

kinship, [69] 3,3

spouses, See husband and wife.

sterility, [68] 1,1

strength: experience, [103] 52,53

suffering:

following Christ, [89] 32,32

fruitfulness of, [99] 46

test; martyrdom, [100] 47

superiority, [103] 52,53

falsely accused, [79] 20

tax collector:

Pharisee and, [88] 32,32; [93] 38; [97] 43,44 temporal goods: fear of losing, [93] 38,39 temptation, [100] 47

Thecla, [98] 44,45 torture, [100] 47 truth, [77] 17,17; 18,18; [78] 19,19; [82] 24,24; [83] 25,25; [95] 40,41; [100] 47 unmarried persons: pleasing the Lord, [80] 22,22 unmarried women: concern for the Lord, [98] 44,45 free to love God, [95] 40,41 virgins and, [81] 22,22 vanity, [102] 51,52 virgin birth, [71] 6,6 virginity, [76] 16,16 angelic life on earth, [103] 53,54 approved rather than commanded, [70] 4,4 condemning marriage, [77] 18,18 consecrated; honorable, [72] 8,8 counsel, not a command, [75] 15,15 excellence of marriage does not surpass, [71] 7,7 fertility and, [69] 2,2 following Christ, [85] 28,28; [101] 49,49 gift corrupted by pride, [89] 33,33 heavenly immortality, [74] 13 holiness of, [94] 39,40 hundredfold fruit, [98] 46 lost, it does not return, [85] 27,27; [101] 49,49 love; pride, [68] 1,1 marriage and, [68] 1,1; [100] 47 martyrdom ranked higher than, [99] 46 needs of the present time, [74] 13; [75] 14,14; [78] 19,19; [80] 21,21 not compulsory, [86] 30,30 preservation, [71] 7,7 protected by love and humility, [102] 51,52 superior to physical motherhood, [72] 9,9; 10 willing; company of virgins, [92] 37 virgins: all women born as, [73] 10 betrothed to Christ, [73] 12

Church's virginity and, [68] 2,2 commandment and, [75] 14,14 comparison with O.T. fathers and mothers, [68] 1,1 concerned with Lord's interests, [98] 44,45 consecrated:

Christ's mothers, [71] 6,6

Church gives birth to, [73] 12 conceiving Christ in the heart, [73] 11,11 consecration makes a virgin, [73] 11,11 greater glory in heaven, [74] 14,14

Mary as model, [69] 4,4 superior perfection, [73] 10 contemplate Incarnate Savior, [104] 54,55 envy of married Christians, [86] 29,29 faults to be confessed, [101] 49,49 follow Christ in humility, [90] 35,35 following the Lamb, [84] 27,27; [84] 27,27; [101] 49,49; [103] 52,53 free to love God, [95] 40,41 fruit of life of, [98] 46 hidden defects, [98] 44,45 holy fear, [93] 38,39 hoping to marry, [73] 11,11

Jesus as model for, [92] 37 love Christ as spouse, [104-105] 55,56 love more because of greater gifts, [95] 40,41 pretense of humility, [97] 43,44 sacredness, [105] 56,57 saved from many sins, [96] 41,42 special joy of, [85] 27,27 suitors and, [78] 18,18 superiority over others, [98] 44,45 unmarried women and, [81] 22,22 wanting to marry, [89-90] 34 wise, [97] 42 vocation: holier calling; pride, [105] 56,57 wickedness, See also good and evil widow (-s; -hood), [78] 19,19; [80] 21,21; [89] 34 celibacy [78] 18,18 will of God:

Christians as mothers of Christ, [70] 5,5 wisdom, wives, See husband and wife.

wolves (have holes), [102] 51,52 woman (women),See also husband and wife; unmarried women; virgins world, [105] 56,57 woe, because of scandals, [94] 39,40

Zacchaeus, [91] 36,36

Zebedee, sons of, [88] 32,32

The Excellence of Widowhood, pages 109-137

Abraham, [118] 7

abstinence:

See also celibacy adultery, [117] 6 broken vow of widowhood, [123] 11,14; [129] 17,21 consecrated virgins who marry, [122] 10,13 alms, [133] 21,26 angels, [124] 12,15

Anna (widow), [116] 4; [124] 13,16; [125] 14,17; [127] 16,20 extolled for chaste widowhood, [125] 13,16 recognized Christ in the virgin mother, [126] 18

Ruth and, [120] 7 three factors in merits of, [125] 18 worthy to be Christ's prophetess, [119] 7 beauty: interior, [131] 19,23 love keeps fresh, [131] 24 body and soul:

See also human body

carnal union, See sexual union.

Cataphrygians, [116] 6; [117] 7 celibacy (celibates), [120] 8,11; [124] 13,16

See also abstinence; chastity; virginity

attraction as gift, [127] 16,20

fruits of, [117] 7 if everyone were celibate…, [135] 23,28 lapse from the greater perfection, [121-122] 9,12 loving and preserving, [130] 18,22; 19,23 marriage and, [126] 15,19

See also sexual union vow must be kept, [121] 8,11; [121-122] 9,12 charity, [114] 1,1; [117] 5 chastity (in marriage), [121] 9,12 beauty of, [131] 24 gift of God, [116] 4; [128,129] 17,21 spiritual pleasures, [133] 21,26 virgins and widows, [136] 29 vow: to Christ, [122] 10,13 perseverance, [124] 13,16 pleasure that might have been, [123] 11,14 widow's celibacy is better than, [117] 5 children: care and education, [125] 18 child-bearing not a duty (Paul), [120] 8,11 heart or flesh, [132] 20,25

See procreation.

Church:

one husband, Christ, [122] 10,13

commandments:

grace and carrying out, [128] 17,21

grace and free will, [128] 17,21

wisdom and chastity, [129] 17,21 compassion, [134] 22,27 conjugal love, See chastity; husband and wife; sexual union.

conscience: good name, [134] 22,27 continence, [120] 7; [121] 8,11; [121] 9,12; [126] 15,19; [129] 17,21 creation: everything very good, [118-119] 9 damnation: vowed to celibacy, desires to marry, [121] 9,12 desire: restraint of, [132] 20,25 devotion: widows judged by, [125] 14,17 divorce: remarriage after, See remarriage.

divorce and adultery:

See also remarriage encouragement, [114] 2; [135] 23,28 end of the world, [120] 8,11; [135] 23,28 evil, See good and evil.

example, [135] 23,28

excellence, [117] 6

eyes, [118] 9; [133] 21,26

faith, [115] 3,4

fasting, [133] 21,26

Faustus, [127] 15,19

fidelity, [115] 3,4; [116] 4

flesh, [120] 8,11

See also body and soul fornication, [115] 3,4; [117] 6; [118] 6,8; [129] 17,21 free will: grace and God's commands, [128] 17, 21; [129] 18,22 future, [132] 20,25 gift (-s; -from God), [133] 21,26

See also grace

chastity, [128,129] 17,21

choosing not to marry, [127] 16,20

each has his own, [116] 5

good works, [129] 18,22

keeping the commandments, [128] 17,21

what have you not received…, [128] 16,20

widowhood, [127] 16,20

good name:

reputation: praise, [134] 22,27

good works, [133] 21,26

gift from God, [129] 18,22

looking good to others, [134] 22,27

goodness:

good (term) meaning "better," [117] 7

totality of created things, [119] 9

grace:

exhortations as effective, [129] 18,22 helpful words, [130] 18,22 warning against opponents of, [128] 17,21 grandmother, [131-132] 24 greed, [133] 21,26 happiness: natural, [124] 13,16 heart: lift up your hearts, [127] 16,20 spiritual pleasures, [133] 21,26 holiness, [132] 24 bodies of married women, [118] 6,8 holy mind, holy body, [118] 6,8

Holy Spirit:

body as temple of, [118] 6,8

gifts of, [127] 16,20

honor, [135] 22,27

hope:

desire, [132] 20,25

human body:

made holy by holy mind, [118] 6,8

parts; functions, [115] 3,4

spirit rules body, [119] 9

temple of the Holy Spirit [118] 6,8

husband and wife:

husbands afar a long time, [132] 20,25

Old Testament, [119]

wife is bound as long as husband is alive, [123] 12,15 hymns, [131] 24 insanity, [126] 15,19 integrity (the word), [129] 17,21

Israel: nation as prophet of Christ, [119] 7

Jesus Christ:

See also Christian life

See Church.

King captivated by beauty of bride, [131] 24 passion; ugliness in the Redeemer, [130] 19,23 way, truth, and life, [131] 19,23

Juliana (addressee), [114]

justice, [135] 22,27

knowledge:

good measure, [114] 2

wisdom and, [129] 17,21

Lord's Prayer:

Lead us not into temptation, [128] 17,21

love, [127] 16,20; [132] 20,25

beauty and, [131] 24

lust, [132] 20,25

marital act, See sexual union.

marriage (married people):

See also celibacy; divorce; husband and wife; separation

See adultery.

benefits of, [135] 23,28 better than lapsing from virginity, [121] 8,11 better, than to burn, [120] 8,11 cure for weakness; discomfort, [121] 8,11 desire for, by one vowed to celibacy, [121-122] 9,12

See fidelity.

first and second, [122] 10,13 first marriage should be rejected, [120] 8,11 goodness of, [115] 3,4; [116] 4; [120,121] 8,11 holy in body and spirit, [118] 6,8 honorable, [117] 7 longing for, [132] 20,25 multiple, [123] 12,15

Paul does not condemn, [126] 15,19

rejection of, [131] 24

renouncing, as gift, [127] 16,20

resurrection of the dead, [124] 12,15

temporal concerns, [130] 19,23

virginity and [126] 15,19

marriage (Old Testament)

chaste, [127] 15,19

purpose of sexual union, [119] 7

several wives, [45] 13,15; [119] 7

married women: adulteress, [122] 10,13 free to remarry after husband dies, [124] 12,15

Mary, Blessed Virgin, [127] 16,20

meditation, [133] 21,26

merit:

widows, [124] 13,16

Messiah:

foreseen by Anna (prophetess), [119]

mind:

holy, [118] 6,8

mistress, [122] 10,13

money, [133] 21,26

moon, [118] 9

morality: encouragement, [114] 2

nonbelievers, See unbelievers.

Novationists, [116] 6; [117] 7

obedience:

See also children; marriage

natural human desire, [121] 8,11

transcending desire for, [121] 8,11

prophets:

Christ and, [119] 7

prostitutes, [118] 6,8

remarriage:

unable to contain oneself, [120] 8,11

reputation:

maintaining a good name, [134] 22,27

resurrection of the dead:

marriages after, [124] 12,15

reward, [135] 22,27

riches: desire for, [133] 21,26

Ruth, [116] 4; [119] 10;7; [120] 7

Sadducees, [123] 12,15

Sarah, [117] 7; [118] 6,8; [119] 10

Satan, [116] 5; [120] 8,11

second marriage(s):

honorable, [117] 5,7

honored less, [116] 6

multiple marriages, [123] 12,15

not condemned, [116] 4

not evil, [123] 11,14

widow is more blessed, [116] 4

senses, [133] 21,26 sensuality, [120] 8,11; [133] 21,26 sexual restraint, See abstinence; continence.

sexual union: denial of pleasure of, [133] 21,26 exceeding purpose of having children, [116] 4 refusing the marital act, [116] 5 virgins and widows refrain from, [129] 17,21 women of the O.T., [119] 7 sin, See also consent; desire soul:

See also Holy Spirit

rules the body, [119] 9 spirituality: let spiritual pleasure displace carnal, [133] 21,26 spouses, See husband and wife.

star, [118] 9

sun, [118] 9

temptation, [131] 24

Lead us not…, [128] 17,21

Tertullian, [116] 6; [117] 7

thanksgiving, [129] 17,21

time, [132] 20,25

truth, [130] 18,22; [131] 19,23

unmarried (the word, in Paul), [114] 2

unmarried persons:

extra attention to the Lord, [130] 19,23

honorable state, [117] 7

unmarried women:

concern for the Lord, [115] 2

holy in body and spirit, [118] 6,8

reputation; good name, [134] 22,27

vigils, [133] 21,26

virgin birth:

virginity:

born again in the mother, [126] 18 celibacy in widowhood and, [126] 15,19 daughter as virgin, [120] 8,11; [126] 18; [131-132] 24; [136] 29 excellence of marriage does not surpass, [126] 15,19 virgins, [115] 2 consecrated: marriage as adultery, [122] 10,13 hymns that only virgins can sing (Apoc.), [131] 24 virtue, [134] 22,27 vow: failure to carry out, [123] 11,14 wickedness:

See also celibacy

adultery: baptism of adulterers, [166] 28,35 changing Christ's law (Pollentius), [175] 10,9

Christ forgives sin of, [171] 6,5 dissolving a marriage (Pollentius), [168] 2,2 divorce and, [144] 1,1 divorce as cause of, [145] 2,2 flesh or spirit, [165] 25 forcing wife to commit, [183] 17,18 forgive adulterous spouse, [180] 15 husbands punish adulterous wives, [179] 14,14 marriage bond (Pollentius), [169] 4; [170] 5; [170-171] 5 marriage bond not broken by, [178] 13,13 pity for man forced to live in, [176] 11,11 procreation as purpose of, [176] 12 proof of, [173] 8,7 second death, for eternity, [176] 11,11 sinful spouse regarded as having died, [169] 3,3; [169] 4 spouse is ill or far away, [178] 13,13 wife may leave husband because of, [145] 3 wife's celibacy as cause, [146] 4,4 winning people for Christ, [162] 22 woman forgiven by Christ, [174] 9,8 advice, [158] 22; [159] 19,23; [160] 20,24; [162] 26

Antoninus, Emperor, [173] 8,7

baptism,[171] 6,5 adulterers (dying), [166] 28,35 dying catechumens, [165] 26,33; [166] 28,35 excommunication and, [170] 5 fear for those unable to answer for themselves, [165] 26,33 forgiveness of sins,[181] 16,16; [182,183] 17,18 uncertainty about intention, [166] 26,33 body and soul:

See also human body

carnal union, See sexual union.

catechumens: adultery as impediment, [181] 16,16 last moments of life, [165-166] 26,33; [166] 28,35 celibacy (celibates),[178] 12

See also abstinence; chastity; virginity

aspiring to perfection, [184] 18,19 burden is Christ's, [185] 19,20 case: wife wants to be celibate, [146] 4,4 circumstances preventing intercourse, [175] 10,9 divorce for sake of, [145] 3 free choice of, [185] 19,20 gift from God, [184] 18,19 inability for, [177] 12 motivation, [184] 18,19 not compulsory (Pollentius), [174] 10,9 possible with God's help, [184] 19,20 reconciliation refused, [173] 9,8 separation for sake of, [175] 10

See also sexual union vow; break to marry one who promises to convert, [164] 24,30 charity: law and, [155] 14,15 staying with unbelieving spouse, [158] 22 chastity (in marriage), [172] 7,6 difficult for separated women, [183] 17,18 help in preserving, [179] 14,14 honor of earthly city, [173] 8,7 male standards, [185-186] 20,21; 22 marital, [185] 19,20; [186] 22 same rule for men and women, [172,173] 8,7 unbelieving spouse, [157] 20 vow: free choice, [185] 19,20 marriage would not be good, [155] 15,16 mutual consent, [164] 24,30 woman divorced for adultery, [170] 4 children: baptism; use of reason, [166] 26,33

See procreation.

Christians:

marriage to pagans, [153] 13,14

clergy (clerical state): celibacy, [186] 22 constrained by people to take burden of, [186] 22 honor; consolation, [186] 22 commandments: absolute following of Lord's commands, [162] 22

God's authority, [158] 22 loving obedience, [155] 14,15 compassion,[155] 14,15; [158] 22; [179] 15 conjugal love, See chastity; husband and wife; sexual union.

conscience, [172] 7,6

consent:

avoiding marital duty, [145] 2,2

continence,[148] 7,7

See also self-control

many forms, [183] 18,19

separation and desire for, [146] 4,4 conversion: marrying one who promises to convert, [164] 24,30

Cyprian, Blessed, [164] 25

David, King, [171] 6,5 death: adulterer regarded as having died, [169] 3,3; [169] 4; [170171] 5 baptism; uncertainty, [166] 28,35 justification for Reconciliation; for baptism, [167] 28,35 marriage bond, [170-171] 5 disease, [175] 10,9; [178] 13,13 divorce: celibacy as purpose of, [145] 3; [149] 7,7 chaste wife; husband must remain unmarried, [168] 2,2

Christ's law as inhuman, [175] 10 condition: woman may not remarry, [148] 7,7 divorced woman is still a wife, [153] 12,13 nonbelieving spouse, [156] 19,18

Paul advises; the Lord does not forbid, [159] 19,23; 20,24

Pharisees question Jesus, [152] 11,12

reasons other than adultery, [182] 17

reconciliation impossible, [174] 10,9

remarriage after, See remarriage.

right to remarry, [144] 1,1 unbelievers, [153, 154] 13,14; [159] 19,23 unbelieving spouse, [159] 19,23 divorce and adultery, See also remarriage adulterer and adulteress, [153] 12,13 anyone who divorces and…, [174] 9,8; [175] 10 cause of adultery, [145] 2,2 commit sin to win a soul for Christ, [163] 23,29 divorce apart from adultery (Mt 19:9), [149] 8,8 driven to kill first husband, [182] 17 everyone who leaves his wife…, [183] 17,18 husband or wife divorce and remarry, [151] 10; 10,11; [152] 11,12 husband's adultery as grounds for, [144] 1,1

Jesus added exception, [149] 9,9 man divorces, then marries another, [163] 22 marrying a divorced woman, [150] 9,9; [153] 12,13; [162] 27

Matthew interpreted by other gospels, [151] 11,12; [162] 22 obligation of chastity remains, [170] 4 only grounds for divorce, [147] 5,5; [168] 2,2

Pollentius on, [168] 2,2ff; [182] 17,18 spouse marrying another, after divorce, [165] 25 textual variants in Matthew's gospel, [151] 10,11 vows must be kept, [163] 24,30 wife unable to be celibate, [183] 17,18 woman blamed if man remarries, [147] 6,6 woman may not remarry, [148] 6,6 woman's right to leave husband, [147] 5,5; [148] 7,7 dogs: do not give holy things to…, [166] 27,34 donkeys, [156] 16,17 duty: free choice, [154] 14,15 eunuchs, [183-184] 18,19 made so for kingdom of heaven, [184] 18,19 evil, See good and evil.

excommunication: sacrament of rebirth and, [170] 5 faith, [171] 6,5; [183] 18,19; [185] 19,20 lacking; adultery of the spirit, [156] 19 unbelieving spouse made holy…, [153] 13,14 withholding forgiveness and, [172] 7,6 fear, [186] 22; flesh, [179] 13,13; [186] 20,21

See also grace

glory, [185] 19,20

gods:

worship, [157] 20 good and evil: doing evil to achieve the good, [163] 23,29 forbidden things, [155] 16,17 impossible for nonpermissible to be good, [155] 15,16 nothing good that is wrong, [164] 31 permissible distinguished from good, [155] 16,17 something not wrong is not always good, [165] 25 things permitted but not good, [156] 17,18 what is lawful may not be good, [155] 15,16 good works: free offering as more pleasing, [155] 14,15 goodness: permissible is not always good, [155] 15,16 grace, [157] 20; [183] 17,18

Gregorian Codex, [173] 8,7 heart: unclean; spiritual understanding, [166] 27,34 heaven: eunuchs in, [184] 18,19

Holy Spirit, [157,158] 21; [164] 25

honor, [186] 22 human body: authority; husband and wife, [147] 5,5; [149] 8,8 husband and wife: adultery allows woman to separate, [148] 7,7 adultery, celibacy, divorce, [145] 3 authority over one's body, [145] 2,2; [146] 4,4; [147] 5,5; [149] 8,8 bound as long as spouse lives, [178] 13,13 case: wife wants to practice celibacy, [146] 4,4 consent to life of celibacy, [144] 1,1; [145] 2,2; [146] 3 husband not adulterer, wife cannot leave, [146] 3 marriage rules apply equally, [149] 8,8; [172] 8,7 one spouse a nonbeliever, [165] 25 one with faith; the other without, [153] 13,14 pardon for adultery, [179] 14,14 reconciliation after adultery, [171] 6,5 same religion; stay married to each other, [160-161] 21,25 same rule of chastity, [173] 8,7 separation from nonbeliever, [155] 15,16 staying with unbelieving spouse, [157] 21 taking life of adulterous wife, [180] 15 wife is bound as long as husband is alive, [162] 27; [170] 4; [170-171] 5; [174] 9,8 wife leaves intending to remain unmarried, [146] 3 wife leaves non-adulterer husband, [148] 6,6; 7,7 wife leaves, should remain unmarried, [168] 2,2 wife should not leave; husband should not divorce, [144] 1,1; [146] 4,4 wife who leaves must stay unmarried, [144] 1,1; [145-146] 3; [162] 27 wives put up with adulterer, [147] 6,6 ignorance: sin, [150] 9,9

Jesus Christ, [181] 16,16; [186] 22

See also Christian life

See Church.

woman who committed adultery and, [171] 6,5; [172] 7,6 judging others, [165] 26,33 justice, [159] 19,23; [162] 22 salvation and, [158] 22 things permitted but not good, [156] 17,18 kindness, [182] 17 law: everything unlawful is not good, [155] 15,16 love; obeying freely, [154] 14,15

Lord's Prayer:

Forgive us our trespasses…, [180] 15

love, [179] 13,13

things done freely in, [154] 14,15

unforced goodness of, [156] 17,18

lust, [172] 8,7

marital act, See sexual union.

marriage (married people):

See also celibacy; divorce; husband and wife; separation

See adultery.

better, than to burn, [177] 12; [178] 12

Christians and pagans, [153] 13,14

See fidelity.

institution for sake of children, [177] 12 not a sin to marry (Paul), [164] 25; [177] 12 respectability of, [177] 12 rules apply equally, [149] 8,8; [172] 8,7 spouses of different faiths, [161] 21,25; 26 staying married is permissible and good, [155] 15,16 value = procreation, [178] 12 virginity and, [158] 22 women who cannot be celibate, [155] 15,16 marriage bond: adultery does not dissolve, [169] 4; [170-171] 5 breaking (cases), [175] 10 broken only by death, [178] 13,13 lasts until death, [170-171] 5 not broken by adultery, [178] 13,13

Pollentius on, [182,183] 17,18 union with others; adultery, [174] 9,8 woman bound as long as husband lives, [176] 10 marriage (Old Testament): command to divorce foreign wives, [157] 20 duty of having children, [177] 12 forbidden to marry foreigner, [157] 20 men: chastity equally required of, [172,173] 8,7 laws of court re chastity, [173] 8,7 standards of chastity, [185-186] 20,21; 22 mercy, [172] 7,6; [179] 14,14 mixed marriages, [153] 13,14

Moses, [157] 20

murder:

accusing Christ, [181] 16,16 led to, by adultery, [181] 17 preventing by allowing divorce and remarriage, [182] 17 taking life of adulteress, [180] 15 nonbelievers, See unbelievers.

obedience:

See also children; marriage

purpose of marriage, [177] 12

remarriage for purpose of, [176] 11,11

unnecessary for Christians, [177] 12

reason: sin and, [156] 16,17

reconciliation:

penitent living in adultery, [181] 16,16

refused, must adopt celibacy, [173] 9,8

redemption:

not all are redeemed, [155] 15,16

remarriage: adultery, [145] 2,2 adultery and the marriage bond, [169] 3,3 desire to marry again, [186] 22 after divorce, [162] 27 divorced women, [183] 17,18 killing, to change adultery to marriage, [182] 17 motive for, [164] 24,30 permanent state of adultery, [181] 16,16; 17; [184] 19,20 procreation as purpose, [176] 11,11 right denied wife who leaves husband, [144] 1,1 scandal, [148] 6,6 when divorce is allowed, [147] 6,6; [148] 7,7 wife leaves husband adulterer, [168] 2,2 wife of deceased husband, [160] 21,25 wife, not adulteress, divorced, [149] 9,9; [163] 22 wife, who commits adultery, [149] 9,9 repentance, [178] 13,13; [181] 16,16 reward, [154] 14,15 sacraments: dying catechumens, [166] 26,33 saints, [179] 13,13 salvation, [162] 22; [185] 19,20 hindering that of unbelievers, [158] 22 jeopardizing, [186] 22

Saul, King, [171] 6,5

scandal:

remarriage, [148] 6,6; [158] 22

second marriage(s), [144] 1,1

separation: celibacy as motive for, [175] 10 celibacy required if no reconciliation, [178] 13,13 chastity difficult for women, [183] 17,18 husband refuses to be celibate, [168] 2,2 temptation, [186] 22 woman must remain unmarried, [178] 13,13 sermon on the mount, [151] 10,11 sexual restraint, See abstinence; continence.

sexual union: disease preventing intercourse, [175] 10,9 experience; licit and illicit, [184] 18,19 shameful if conception is precluded, [177] 12 spouses of a different religion, [160] 21,25 when wife is intolerable, [182] 17 sin:

See also consent; desire doing something that is not good to do, [156] 16,17 ignorance, [150] 9,9 knowing right thing to do, [150] 9,9 less serious, still as sin [150] 9,9 let whoever is without sin…, [172] 7,6; [179] 14,14 reason and free will, [156] 16,17 slaves, [165] 26,33 soul, See also body and soul.

spirit:

See also Holy Spirit

adultery of, [156] 19

spouses, See husband and wife.

sterility, [176] 11,11 strictness: encourages violence, [181] 16,16

Syria, [186] 20,21

tax: Christ's example, [154] 14,15

temporal goods:

promised (O.T.), [157] 20

Trinity: works are indivisible, [158] 21

truth, [179] 14,14

unbelievers: adultery in the heart, [157] 20 divorce (good) or not (better), [159] 19,23 leaving spouse is not forbidden, [157] 19 marriage to a believer, [153] 13,14 one spouse comes to belief, [161] 21,25; 26 separation and salvation of, [158] 22 understanding: unclean hearts, [166] 27,34 unmarried women: wife who leaves husband, [145] 3 violence: strictness encourages (Pollentius), [181] 16,16 virginity: marriage and, [158] 22 virgins: advised not to marry, [158] 22; [164] 25 virtue: honor due to, [186] 20,21 men surpassing women in, [172] 8,7 vow: damnation; breaking a vow, [164] 24,30 promise to convert, [164] 24,30 unconditional, must be kept, [163] 24,30 wickedness:

See also celibacy

Adam:

human nature as created, [208] 21

adultery, [213] 12,26

false continence and, [214] 27

Angels, [204] 16

avarice, [216] 29

baptism, [205,206] 18

beauty:

three orderly pairs, [209] 23

blasphemy, [196] 4

body and soul:

created good, [207] 20

future life; qualities, [208] 21

See also human body weighed down by corruptible body, [208] 21 work to bring harmony in, [206] 8,19; [212] 11,25 chance: sin blamed on, [203] 14 change: created goodness subject to, [208] 21 human nature subject to, [205] 18 charity, [205] 7,17 preservation, [194] 1,1 chastity (in marriage), [217] 31 children:

See procreation.

children of God, [215] 13,28

Christian life:

hidden with God in Christ, [215] 29

risen with Christ, [215] 29

Church:

carnal, [211] 11,25

Christ cares for, [209] 23

Christ's love for, as model, [209] 9,22

healing of its infirmities, [212] 11,25

Manichee view of, [210] 23; [211] 10,24 no spot or wrinkle, [209] 9,22; [212] 11,25 nourishes and nurtures the flesh, [208] 21; [209] 9,22 persons: spiritual and carnal, [212] 11,25 restrained with corrections, [213] 11,25 subject to Christ, [211,212] 11,25 subordinate to Christ, [209] 23 conscience: continence of the heart, [194] 2 consent: desires of the flesh, [207] 8,19; 20 devil's suggestions, [203] 14 guilt in secret, [196] 4 lapse of the heart, [195] 2,3 mind withholds, [216] 29 consolation, [213] 11,25 continence, [202] 13; [217] 31

See also self-control

battle against human defect, [207] 20

conquering carnal desire, [202] 5,12

devil's suggestions, [200] 4,10

evil impulses put to death by, [216] 29 faith requires works of, [216] 14,30 gift from God, [194] 1,1; [204] 7,17; [213,214] 12,26; [217] 32 healing infirmities, [206] 18 justice joined to, [204] 7,17 maintained in the heart, [196] 5 mouth, lips, heart, [194] 2 nothing to do (in eternity), [207] 20 perverse motives, [213] 12,26 referring to reproductive organs, [196] 5 resisting vices, [210] 23 restrain pleasures in conflict with wisdom, [215] 13,28 restraint (fruit of the spirit), [199] 9 restraint and salvation, [215] 29 ruling over passion and desire, [215] 13,28 spirit and, [214] 13,28 struggle with evil desires, [197] 3,6 suppress some evils to have others, [214] 13,28 sweetness; pleasurable, [198] 7 true and false, [213] 12,26 true faith and, [214] 12,26 unclean, [213] 12,26 weapons for justice, [199] 8 creation: origin of all created good, [205] 18 crime, [213] 12,26 external deeds, [196] 4 darkness:

Manichees, [209] 9,22; [211] 10,24

death:

enemy, [197] 3,6

it is not I who live…, [215]

living according to the flesh, [201] 11

deeds:

initiated internally, [197] 5

thoughts and, [195] 2,3

demons, [214] 27 desire: attention paid in shunning evil, [216] 29 carnal, [197] 5; 7; [200] 9; [206] 8,19 in marriage, [214] 27 consent, [207] 20 evil, [197] 3,6; 7 inclination to the improper, [197] 3,6; [212] 11,25

law and, [198]

limits imposed on carnal, [214] 27

restraint of, [206] 18; [212] 11,25

sinful, [198] 8

tempted by, [206] 18

unwanted feelings, [207] 8,19 devil, [200] 4,10; [201] 11 body of the Church (Manichee), [210] 23; [211] 10,24 sin blamed on, [203] 14; [204] 16 disease, [218] 32 evil as, [208] 21 remarriage after, See remarriage.

divorce and adultery:

See also remarriage dualism: evil nature prevails over God's nature, [203] 14 sin blamed on evil nature, [203] 14 eating: wash hands before, [195] 4 enemy: flesh as, [199] 9 envy, [212] 11,25 error, [214] 12,26 eternal life: sinlessness in, [204] 16 eternal punishment, [208] 21 evil, See good and evil.

faith:

deeds, [216] 14,30

immunity from punishment and, [217] 31

true continence and, [214] 12,26

work of continence required, [216] 14,30

fate: blamed for sinning, [202] 14

fear, [202] 13; [213] 11,25

flesh:

Christ heals desires of, [212] 11,25

Church nurtures the body, [208] 21; [209] 9,22 crucified with Christ, [200] 9 death to deeds of, [199] 9 deeds (list), [199] 9; [215] 13,28 desires of, [206] 18 desires opposed to spirit, [197] 5; [199] 9; [205] 18; [208] 21; [209] 9,22; [211,212] 11,25; evil (Manichee), [210] 10,24 goodness does not dwell in, [206] 8,19; [209] 9,22 inferior and earthly, [200] 11 law of sin in, [207] 8,19; [208] 21; [209] 9,22 living according to, [198] 8; [200] 4,10; 11; [201] 11 loving care for, [207] 8,19 no one hates his own body, [209] 9,22; [212] 11,25 not evil, [209] 9,22 rebellious, cares not for interests, [210] 23; [213] 11,25 spirit's struggle with, [206] 8,19 subordinate to spirit, [209] 23 will be spiritual, [212] 11,25 works of, to be put to death, [202] 5,12; 13 forgiveness of sin:

God's justice and mercy, [203] 6,15; [205] 18 fornication, [216] 29 free will:

God's omnipotence and, [204] 6,15

future life:

body and soul in eternal happiness, [208]

no change for the worse in, [208] 21

God:

deeds of humans and, [215] 13,28

goodness undiminished, [205] 18

immune from corruption, [203] 14 neither does nor suffers evil, [205] 18 omnipotence brings good out of evil, [203-204] 6,15; 16 sin blamed on, [203] 14; 6,15 good and evil: evil is not a substance, [208] 21 evil persons deny they are evil, [202] 13 evil thoughts in the heart, [196] 4

God makes use of evil persons, [214] 27

God neither does nor suffers evil, [205] 18

God's omnipotence, [203-204] 6,15; 16

good not fully accomplished, [207] 20

Manichee teaching, [205] 18; [209] 9,22 not consenting to evil, [197] 3,6 two uncreated natures (Manichee), [209] 9,22 good works: justice, [204] 7,17 lamps burning, [205] 7,17 goodness: desire to do the good, [197] 3,6 does not dwell in flesh, [206] 8,19 failure to bring to completion, [207] 20 origin in God, [205] 18 perfected to supreme happiness, [208] 21 subject to change, [208] 21 superior and inferior: both good, [210] 23 grace, [198] 8; [199] 9; [201] 5,12; [208] 21; [211] 10,24 bestows what is commanded, [198] 7 living by, [202] 13 loving what the law commands, [199] 8 guilt, [205] 18 refusing to acknowledge, [202] 13 secret; consent, [196] 4 word uttered in the heart, [195] 2,3 happiness: perfect, [208] 21 harmony: body and soul, [212] 11,25 health, [205] 18; [208] 21; [218] 32 heart: continence, [194] 2; [196] 5 evil thoughts from, [196] 4; [197] 5 lapsing into malicious talk, [204] 7,17 malicious talk, [202] 13 mouth (the word), [196] 4 what comes from the mouth…, [195] 4 heaven: mind turns to heavenly things, [216] 29 heretics, [214] 12,26

Holy Spirit, [211] 10,24; [198] 7; [215] 29 led by, [202] 5,12 hope: placing, in human beings, [200] 4,10 human beings: bodies are members of Christ, [211] 10,24 created with power to sin, [204] 16 deeds of, [215] 13,28 rational mind; living, [200] 11 soul and body redeemed, [213] 12,26 human body:

God put order in, [211] 10,24 living sacrifice holy and pleasing…, [211] 10,24

Manichee view vs Scripture, [210] 10,24 natural goodness, [212] 11,25 soul is to imitate body's harmony, [211] 10,24; [212] 11,25 spiritual death, [216] 29 weapon of sin, [217] 31 human condition: trusting in our own powers, [198] 7 human nature: goodness of, [205] 18 impaired, although created good, [207] 20 one nature divided because of sin, [208] 21 humility, [202] 13 husband and wife:

Christ and Church as models for, [209] 23 flesh not given as model for wives, [210] 23 husband cares; wife is honorably subordinate, [209] 23 love wives like their own bodies, [209-210] 9,22 model: love of one's own flesh, [209] 9,22 immortality, [197] 3,6

future life, [208]

innocence, [195] 2,3

Jesus Christ, [200] 9; [208] 21

See also Christian life

body not real (Manichee), [210] 23

See Church.

Manichee view: flesh not real, [210] 10,24 model for husbands, [209] 23 real body: touch and see…, [210] 10,24 whole human nature, [213] 12,26

Word made flesh, [200] 11

justice, [198] 7; [199] 8

continence joined to, [204] 7,17

doing good, [204] 7,17

punishment for sin, [203,204] 6,15

lamps burning, [205] 7,17 law: good commanded but not granted, [198] 7; [199] 8 wrongdoing; power, [198] 7 lips: continence, [194] 2; [196] 4 loins girt, [205] 7,17

Lord's Prayer:

Forgive us our trespasses…, [202] 13; [204] 6,15; [206] 18; [212] 11,25

Lead us not into temptation, [206] 18

love, [199] 8

model: love of the body, [209] 9,22

lust, [205] 7,17; [217] 31

lying, [196] 4

Manichees, [210] 23

blame sin on evil nature, [203] 14

on body of Christ, [210] 10,24

dualism, [205] 18; [209] 9,22

false continence, [213] 12,26

marital act, See sexual union.

See also celibacy; divorce; husband and wife; separation marriage (married people): abstaining from, [194] 1,1 marriage (Old Testament): purpose of sexual union, [214] 27 martyr (-s; -dom), [204] 6,15 mercy, [205-206] 18 mind, [200] 11 body rebels against law of, [197] 3,6 consent to sin and, [216] 29 sensual desires kept in check by, [207] 20 serving law of God in, [207] 8,19; [208] 21; [209] 9,22 mortality, [197] 3,6 mouth: continence, [194] 2 guard on, [195] 2,3; [202] 13 heart, [196] 4 obedience:

See also children; marriage

prostitutes, [196] 4

providence, [217] 32

punishment:

God's justice, [203,204] 6,15 immunity from, because of faith, [217] 31 purity, [197] 5 clean first the interior, [195] 4 heart and mouth, [195] 2,3 rebuke: walking in a human way, [201] 11 redemption: body and soul, [213] 12,26 reward, [205] 7,17 saints, [204] 16 salvation, [205] 18; [208] 21; [211] 11,25; [215] 29 self-approval, [202] 13 self-control: motives, [214] 12,26 service of errors, [214] 13,28 sensuality, [197] 3,6; [205] 7,17 desires kept in check by mind, [207] 20 sexual union: unjust when a spouse refuses, [213] 12,26 sexuality: devil's work (Manichee), [210] 23;, [211] 10,24 sin:

See also Holy Spirit

cares for the flesh, [209] 23 clinging to God's Spirit, [215] 29 desires of the flesh and, [197] 5; [199] 9; [205] 18; [208] 21; [209] 9,22; [211,212] 11,25; fruits of the, [199] 9 struggle with flesh, [206] 8,19 spiritual life: hidden in God with Christ, [216] 14,30 seek the things that are above, [216] 29 spouses, See husband and wife.

sweetness, [198] 7

talk: malicious, [204] 7,17

thoughts: deeds and, [195] 2,3

vice, [197] 7; [210] 23; [216] 14,30

virtue, [217] 32

fighting for, [197] 7

vomiting, [195] 4

war:

flesh against spirit, [199] 9

wickedness:

two evils pass away forever, [208] 21

will:

wisdom, [215] 13,28

gift of knowing, [214] 13,28

love of, [207] 20

wives, See husband and wife.

Word of God:

incarnate, [200] 11

words: origin of every deed, [195] 2,3

world, [213] 11,25

wrongdoing:

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