Book I.
[Translated by the Rev. S. Thelwall.]
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- On the Apparel of Women.
- Book I.
- Chapter I.--Introduction. Modesty in Apparel Becoming to Women, in Memory of the Introduction of Sin into the World Through a Woman.
- Chapter II.--The Origin of Female Ornamentation, Traced Back to the Angels Who Had Fallen.
- Chapter III.--Concerning the Genuineness of "The Prophecy of Enoch."
- Chapter IV.--Waiving the Question of the Authors, Tertullian Proposes to Consider the Things on Their Own Merits.
- Chapter V.--Gold and Silver Not Superior in Origin or in Utility to Other Metals.
- Chapter VI.--Of Precious Stones and Pearls.
- Chapter VII.--Rarity the Only Cause Which Makes Such Things Valuable.
- Chapter VIII.--The Same Rule Holds with Regard to Colours. God's Creatures Generally Not to Be Used, Except for the Purposes to Which He Has Appointed Them.
- Chapter IX.--God's Distribution Must Regulate Our Desires, Otherwise We Become the Prey of Ambition and Its Attendant Evils.
- Book II.
- Book I.