On Monogamy.
ANF04. Fathers of the Third Century: Tertullian, Part Fourth; Minucius Felix; Commodian; Origen, Parts First and Second
Contents (18 chapters)
- 1. Different Views in Regard to Marriage Held by Heretics, Psychic, and Spiritualists.
- 2. The Spiritualists Vindicated from the Charge of Novelty.
- 3. The Question of Novelty Further Considered in Connection with the Words of the Lord and His Apostles.
- 4. Waiving Allusion to the Paraclete, Tertullian Comes to the Consideration of the Ancient Scriptures, and Their Testimony on the Subject in Hand.
- 5. Connection of These Primeval Testimonies with Christ.
- 6. The Case of Abraham, and Its Bearing on the Present Question.
- 7. From Patriarchal, Tertullian Comes to Legal, Precedents.
- 8. From the Law Tertullian Comes to the Gospel. He Begins with Examples Before Proceeding to Dogmas.
- 9. From Examples Tertullian Passes to Direct Dogmatic Teachings. He Begins with the Lord's Teaching.
- 10. St. Paul's Teaching on the Subject.
- 11. Further Remarks Upon St. Paul's Teaching.
- 12. The Explanation of the Passage Offered by the Psychics Considered.
- 13. Further Objections from St. Paul Answered.
- 14. Even If the Permission Had Been Given by St. Paul in the Sense Which the Psychics Allege, It Was Merely Like the Mosaic Permission of Divorce--A Condescension to Human Hard-Heartedness.
- 15. Unfairness of Charging the Disciples of the New Prophecy with Harshness. The Charge Rather to Be Retorted Upon the Psychics.
- 16. Weakness of the Pleas Urged in Defence of Second Marriage.
- 17. Heathen Examples Cry Shame Upon This “Infirmity of the Flesh.”
- 18. Elucidations.
Source: CCEL