Treatises on Marriage and Remarriage: To His Wife ; An Exhortation to Chastity ; Monogamy

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Paulist Press, 1951 - 196 páginas
These three treatises on marriage, though not generally classified among Tertullian's major compositions, are works of considerable interest and importance. +
 

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BOOK ONE
10
MONOGAMY BLESSED BY GOD
11
CELIBACY PREFERABLE TO MARRIAGE
12
THE WAY OF THE FLESH
14
THE WAY OF THE WORLD
15
THE CHRISTIAN WAY
17
EXAMPLES OF PAGAN VIRTUE
18
VARIOUS ARGUMENTS AGAINST SECOND MARRIAGE
19
THE BLESSINGS OF CONTINENCE
58
THE FAITHLESS SPOUSE
59
THE SPECIOUS REASONING OF LUST
60
THE CHALLENGE OF THE HEATHEN
62
CONCLUSION
64
MONOGAMY
65
INTRODUCTION
67
TEXT
70

DIGNITY OF CHASTE WIDOWHOOD
21
SAFEGUARDS OF CHASTITY
22
BOOK TWO
23
THE APOSTLE CONDEMNS MIXED MARRIAGE
24
DANGER TO FAITH AND MORALS
27
A HOUSE DIVIDED
30
THE CHRISTIAN WIFE IN A PAGAN WORLD
31
THE SITUATION OF THE CONVERT
32
FURTHER ARGUMENTS AGAINST MIXED MARRIAGE
33
THE BEAUTY OF CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE
35
AN EXHORTATION TO CHASTITY
37
INTRODUCTION
39
TEXT
42
SECOND MARRIAGE AND THE WILL OF GOD
43
THE WILL OF GOD AND THE WILL OF MAN
44
GODS POSITIVE AND HIS PERMISSIVE WILL
45
BETTER TO MARRY THAN TO BURN
47
ST PAUL OPPOSES SECOND MARRIAGE
48
MARRIAGE IN GODS PRIMEVAL PLAN
50
THE POLYGAMY OF THE PATRIARCHS
52
THE PRIESTHOOD AND MONOGAMY
53
NOT ALL THAT IS LICIT IS GOOD
54
MARRIAGE AND CONCUPISCENCE
56
SECOND MARRIAGE FORBIDDEN BY THE PARACLETE
71
REVELATION NOT INNOVATION
72
THE LAW OF MONOGAMY REVEALED IN GENESIS
76
ALL THINGS RESTORED IN CHRIST
78
THE EXAMPLE OF ABRAHAM
80
THE LESSON OF THE HEBREW LAW
82
NEW TESTAMENT MODELS
85
CHRISTS TEACHING ON DIVORCE
88
THE MARRIAGE BOND STRONGER THAN DEATH
90
ST PAUL DOES NOT PERMIT SECOND MARRIAGE
94
CORRECT EXPLANATION OF HIS TEACHING
95
THE OBLIGATION OF MONOGAMY NOT RESTRICTED TO CLERICS
98
FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE APOSTLES TEACHING
100
THE DOCTRINE OF MONOGAMY NEITHER HARSH NOR HERETICAL
104
SOPHISMS OF THE SENSUALISTS
105
PAGAN CHASTITY A JUDGMENT ON THE FLESH
107
EPILOGUE
108
NOTES
109
TO HIS WIFE
111
AN EXHORTATION TO CHASTITY
133
MONOGAMY
150
INDEX
171
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