On Exhortation to Chastity.
ANF04. Fathers of the Third Century: Tertullian, Part Fourth; Minucius Felix; Commodian; Origen, Parts First and Second
Contents (14 chapters)
- 1. Introduction. Virginity Classified Under Three Several Species.
- 2. The Blame of Our Misdeeds Not to Be Cast Upon God. The One Power Which Rests with Man is the Power of Volition.
- 3. Of Indulgence and Pure Volition. The Question Illustrated.
- 4. Further Remarks Upon the Apostle's Language.
- 5. Unity of Marriage Taught by Its First Institution, and by the Apostle's Application of that Primal Type to Christ and the Church.
- 6. The Objection from the Polygamy of the Patriarchs Answered.
- 7. Even the Old Discipline Was Not Without Precedents to Enforce Monogamy. But in This as in Other Respects, the New Has Brought in a Higher Perfection.
- 8. If It Be Granted that Second Marriage is Lawful, Yet All Things Lawful are Not Expedient.
- 9. Second Marriage a Species of Adultery, Marriage Itself Impugned, as Akin to Adultery.
- 10. Application of the Subject. Advantages of Widowhood.
- 11. The More the Wives, the Greater the Distraction of the Spirit.
- 12. Excuses Commonly Urged in Defence of Second Marriage. Their Futility, Especially in the Case of Christians, Pointed Out.
- 13. Examples from Among the Heathen, as Well as from the Church, to Enforce the Foregoing Exhortation.
- 14. Elucidation.
Source: CCEL