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Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus
To his wife

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• Book I
  • I. DESIGN OF THE TREATISE. DISAVOWAL OF PERSONAL MOTIVES IN WRITING IT.
  • II. MARRIAGE LAWFUL, BUT NOT POLYGAMY.
  • III. MARRIAGE GOOD: CELIBACY PREFERABLE.
  • IV. OF THE INFIRMITY OF THE FLESH, AND SIMILAR PLEAS.
  • V. OF THE LOVE OF OFFSPRING AS A PLEA FOR MARRIAGE.
  • VI. EXAMPLES OF HEATHENS URGED AS COMMENDATORY OF WIDOWHOOD AND CELIBACY.
  • VII. THE DEATH OF A HUSBAND IS GOD'S CALL TO THE WIDOW TO CONTINENCE. FURTHER EVIDENCES FROM SCRIPTURE AND FROM HEATHENISM.
  • VIII. CONCLUSION.
    
    
• Book II
  • I. REASONS WHICH LED TO THE WRITING OF THIS SECOND BOOK.
  • II. OF THE APOSTLE'S MEANING IN I COR. VII. 12-14.
  • III. REMARKS ON SOME OF THE "DANGERS AND WOUNDS" REFERRED TO IN THE PRECEDING CHAPTER.
  • IV. OF THE HINDRANCES WHICH AN UNBELIEVING HUSBAND PUTS IN HIS WIFE'S WAY.
  • V. OF SIN AND DANGER INCURRED EVEN WITH A "TOLERANT" HUSBAND.
  • VI. DANGER OF HAVING TO TAKE PART IN HEATHENISH RITES, AND REVELS.
  • VII. THE CASE OF A HEATHEN WHOSE WIFE IS CONVERTED AFTER MARRIAGE WITH HIM VERY DIFFERENT, AND MUCH MORE HOPEFUL.
  • VIII. ARGUMENTS DRAWN EVEN FROM HEATHENISH LAWS TO DISCOUNTENANCE MARRIAGE WITH UNBELIEVERS. THE HAPPINESS OF UNION BETWEEN PARTNERS IN THE FAITH ENLARGED ON IN CONCLUSION.

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