Treaties on Marriage and remarriage to His Wife, an Exhortation to Chastity, Monogamy
Tertullian
Contents
To His Wife
Introduction
Text
Book One
A Spiritual Legacy
Monogamy Blessed by God
Celibacy Preferable to Marriage
The Way of the Flesh
The Way of the World
The Christian Way
Examples of Pagan Virtue
Various Arguments Against Second Marriage
Dignity of Chaste Widowhood
Safeguards of Chastity
Book Two
Marriage “In the Lord”
The Apostle Condemns Mixed Marriage
Danger to Faith and Morals
A House Divided
The Christian Wife in a Pagan World
The Situation of the Convert
Further Arguments Against Mixed Marriage
The Beauty of Christian Marriage
An Exhortation to Chastity
Introduction
Text
Three Degrees of Chastity
Second Marriage and the Will of God
The Will of God and the Will of Man
God’s Positive and His Permissive Will
Better to Marry than to Burn
St. Paul Opposes Second Marriage
Marriage in God’s Primeval Plan
The Polygamy of the Patriarchs
The Priesthood and Monogamy
Not all that is Licit is Good
Marriage and Concupiscence
The Blessings of Continence
The Faithless Spouse
The Specious Reasoning of Lust
The Challenge of the Heathen
Conclusion
Monogamy
Introduction
Text
Use and Abuse of Marriage
Second Marriage Forbidden by the Paraclete
Revelation—Not Innovation
The Law of Monogamy Revealed in Genesis
All Things Restored in Christ
The Example of Abraham
The Lesson of the Hebrew Law
New Testament Models
Christ’s Teaching on Divorce
The Marriage Bond Stronger than Death
St. Paul does not Permit Second Marriage
Correct Explanation of His Teaching
The Obligation of Monogamy not Restricted to Clerics
Further Examination of the Apostle’s Teaching
The Doctrine of Monogamy Neither Harsh nor Heretical
Sophisms of the Sensualists
Pagan Chastity a Judgement of the Flesh
Epilogue
Notes
To His Wife
An Exhortation to Chastity
Monogamy
Index
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