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On Prayer

Chapter XX.--Of Women's Dress.

So far, however, as regards the dress of women, the variety of observance compels us--men of no consideration whatever--to treat, presumptuously indeed, after the most holy apostle, ¹ except in so far as it will not be presumptuously if we treat the subject in accordance with the apostle. Touching modesty of dress and ornamentation, indeed, the prescription of Peter ² likewise is plain, checking as he does with the same mouth, because with the same Spirit, as Paul, the glory of garments, and the pride of gold, and the meretricious elaboration of the hair.

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De Oratione

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[1] De habitu uero dumtaxat foeminarum uarietas obseruationis effecit post sanctissimum apostolum nos uel maxime nullius loci homines impudenter retractare, nisi quod non impudenter si secundum apostolum retractemus. [2] De modestia quidem cultus et ornatus aperta praescriptio est etiam Petri cohibentis eodem ore quia eodem spiritu quo Paulus et uestium gloriam et auri superbiam et crinium lenonem operositatem.