De monogamia
On Monogamy
Bibliographic Reference
The Writings of the Fathers Down to A.D. 325 Ante-Nicene Fathers. Volume 4. Fathers of the Third Century: Tertullian, Part Fourth; Minucius Felix; Commodian; Origen, Parts First and Second. Chronologically arranged, with brief notes and prefaces, by A. Cleveland Coxe, D.D. Hendrickson Publishers, Inc. Printed in the United States of America. originally published in the United States by the Christian Literature Publishing Company, 1885. (Translation, English)
Identifier
CPL 28
Date
3rd century
Text
Contents
- On Monogamy.
- Chapter I.--Different Views in Regard to Marriage Held by Heretics, Psychic, and Spiritualists.
- Chapter II.--The Spiritualists Vindicated from the Charge of Novelty.
- Chapter III.--The Question of Novelty Further Considered in Connection with the Words of the Lord and His Apostles.
- Chapter IV.--Waiving Allusion to the Paraclete, Tertullian Comes to the Consideration of the Ancient Scriptures, and Their Testimony on the Subject in Hand.
- Chapter V.--Connection of These Primeval Testimonies with Christ.
- Chapter VI.--The Case of Abraham, and Its Bearing on the Present Question.
- Chapter VII.--From Patriarchal, Tertullian Comes to Legal, Precedents.
- Chapter VIII.--From the Law Tertullian Comes to the Gospel. He Begins with Examples Before Proceeding to Dogmas.
- Chapter IX.--From Examples Tertullian Passes to Direct Dogmatic Teachings. He Begins with the Lord's Teaching.
- Chapter X.--St. Paul's Teaching on the Subject.
- Chapter XI.--Further Remarks Upon St. Paul's Teaching.
- Chapter XII.--The Explanation of the Passage Offered by the Psychics Considered.
- Chapter XIII.--Further Objections from St. Paul Answered.
- Chapter XIV.--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.
- Chapter XV.--Unfairness of Charging the Disciples of the New Prophecy with Harshness. The Charge Rather to Be Retorted Upon the Psychics.
- Chapter XVI.--Weakness of the Pleas Urged in Defence of Second Marriage.
- Chapter XVII.--Heathen Examples Cry Shame Upon This "Infirmity of the Flesh."