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1 I, Int | controverted, viz. (1) “That a virgin is no better as such than
2 I, 5 | between Jephthah and his virgin daughter, who was sacrificed
3 I, 5 | thus: “I do you no wrong, Virgin: you have chosen a life
4 I, 8 | am of Christ, who was a Virgin born of a Virgin, uncorrupt
5 I, 8 | who was a Virgin born of a Virgin, uncorrupt of her who was
6 I, 12 | discourse to the subject of virgin purity. After them there
7 I, 13 | another to do good. “And if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned.”
8 I, 13 | hath not sinned.” Not that virgin who has once for all dedicated
9 I, 13 | should by saying, “And if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned,”
10 I, 13 | hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned.
11 I, 13 | between the cares of the virgin, and those of the married
12 I, 13 | of the married man. The virgin longs to please the Lord,
13 I, 13(4329)| Virginity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Rome, 384.~
14 I, 13 | difference also between the virgin and the wife.” The words,
15 I, 13 | that is unmarried and a virgin thinks of the things of
16 I, 13 | unmarried woman is also a virgin. But every virgin is of
17 I, 13 | also a virgin. But every virgin is of course unmarried.
18 I, 13 | a woman unmarried and a virgin”; or at least he may have
19 I, 13 | the definite meaning of “virgin,” so that we might not suppose
20 I, 13 | that is unmarried and a virgin think? “The things of the
21 I, 13 | their soul corrupt. But that virgin is a sacrifice to Christ,
22 I, 13 | anyone considers that his virgin, that is, his flesh, is
23 I, 13 | own heart, to keep his own virgin, shall do well. So then
24 I, 13 | both he that giveth his own virgin in marriage doeth well;
25 I, 13 | He that keepeth his own virgin doeth well.” But it is one
26 I, 13 | and he that giveth his virgin in marriage doeth well,”
27 I, 16 | Christ in the flesh is a virgin, in the spirit he is once
28 I, 16 | born again into Christ a virgin, who was both born of a
29 I, 16 | who was both born of a virgin, and is born again through 4352
30 I, 16(4352)| Lit. through a virgin. The allusion is, probably,
31 I, 16(4352)| probably, to his baptism by a virgin, i.e., John Baptist.~
32 I, 20 | must not marry any but a virgin, nor must he take to wife
33 I, 20 | take to wife a widow. If a virgin and a widow are on the same
34 I, 23 | Jephthah to the tears of the virgin daughter, that makes for
35 I, 24 | virginity is consecrated by the Virgin Saviour.~
36 I, 25 | of Elijah, and John was a virgin, it is clear that he came
37 I, 26 | and Elizabeth, that is, a virgin was the offspring of marriage,
38 I, 26 | matrimony; so that by a virgin prophet the virgin Lord
39 I, 26 | by a virgin prophet the virgin Lord might be both announced
40 I, 26 | Apostles, and who was a virgin when he embraced Christianity,
41 I, 26 | Christianity, remained a virgin, and on that account was
42 I, 26 | it was they saw; 4422 the virgin alone recognized a virgin,
43 I, 26 | virgin alone recognized a virgin, and said to Peter, “It
44 I, 26 | contend that John was not a virgin, (whereas we have maintained
45 I, 26 | explain, if he was not a virgin, why it was that he was
46 I, 26 | not John chosen, who was a virgin? Deference was paid to age,
47 I, 26 | married man, the other a virgin; but Peter is an Apostle
48 I, 26 | with God,” and so on. The virgin writer expounded mysteries
49 I, 26 | of virginity in John, the Virgin Mother 4430 was entrusted
50 I, 26 | was entrusted by the Virgin Lord to the Virgin disciple.~
51 I, 26 | by the Virgin Lord to the Virgin disciple.~
52 I, 29 | Gospel; nor to think that virgin purity is to be placed on
53 I, 30 | that is among the pure virgin bands. Would you know what
54 I, 31 | Lord who was a mother and a Virgin. Hence it was that no one
55 I, 31 | yet she that was ever a Virgin is the mother of many virgins.
56 I, 31 | altogether lovely.” The virgin bridegroom having been praised
57 I, 31 | having been praised by the virgin bride, in turn praises the
58 I, 31 | bride, in turn praises the virgin bride, and says to her: 4476 “
59 I, 32 | and hope: 4478 “Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear
60 I, 32 | word Almah does not mean a virgin, but a young woman. And,
61 I, 32 | And, to speak truth, a virgin is properly called Bethulah,
62 I, 32 | meaning of Almah? A hidden virgin, that is, not merely virgin,
63 I, 32 | virgin, that is, not merely virgin, but a virgin and something
64 I, 32 | not merely virgin, but a virgin and something more, because
65 I, 32 | more, because not every virgin is hidden, shut off from
66 I, 32 | word is Almah, that is, a virgin secluded, and guarded by
67 I, 32 | my ignorance. “Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear
68 I, 32 | hasten to the rest: 4481 “The virgin daughter of Zion hath despised
69 I, 32 | prophet also gave the title virgin, for fear that if he spoke
70 I, 32 | was married. This is the virgin daughter whom elsewhere
71 I, 32 | should be contained in a virgin’s womb.~
72 I, 33 | to say to this,—Suppose a virgin and a widow were baptized,
73 I, 33 | no difference between a virgin and a widow, both being
74 I, 34 | holy in that they imitate virgin chastity. But something
75 I, 34 | ordination of priests a virgin is passed over, and a married
76 I, 34 | be that he is thought a virgin, and is not: or there may
77 I, 34 | prefer a married person to a virgin is evidence of their inferiority
78 I, 36 | say: “If everybody were a virgin, what would become of the
79 I, 37 | might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.” But if you choose
80 I, 39 | Evangelist, produced four virgin daughters, to the end that
81 I, 39 | his creatures.” Himself a virgin, he teaches virginity in
82 I, 39 | in Him: so He who was a virgin, consecrated the first-fruits
83 I, 39 | of His virgins in His own virgin self. Let us also consider
84 I, 40 | sing except him that is a virgin. These are first-fruits
85 I, 41 | relates that Atalanta, the virgin of Calydonian fame, lived
86 I, 41 | Harpalyce too, a Thracian virgin, is described by the famous
87 I, 41 | bestow than to call her a virgin. “O Virgin, Glory of Italy!”
88 I, 41 | to call her a virgin. “O Virgin, Glory of Italy!” And that
89 I, 41 | the brazen house, ever a virgin, is related to have freed
90 I, 41 | death: and the blood of the virgin 4577 Iphigenia is said to
91 I, 41(4578)| the punishment of a Vestal Virgin for violating the vow of
92 I, 41 | When 4579 Claudia, a Vestal Virgin, was suspected of unchastily,
93 I, 41(4579)| Roman matron, not a Vestal Virgin. The soothsayers announced
94 I, 41 | error also invented the virgin goddesses Minerva and Diana,
95 I, 41 | and Diana, and placed the Virgin among the twelve signs of
96 I, 41 | banquet, they commanded his virgin daughters to come to them,
97 I, 41 | save their virginity. The virgin daughter of Demotion, chief
98 I, 41 | although in body she was a virgin, yet if she were compelled
99 I, 41 | Orchomenos, fell in love with a virgin of Stymphalus, and when
100 I, 41 | up arms and avenged the virgin’s death. 4583 Aristomenes
101 I, 41 | passion for one captive virgin, whose voluntary self-surrender
102 I, 41 | tell also of another Theban virgin who had been deflowered
103 I, 42 | birth through the side of a virgin. And we need not wonder
104 I, 42 | of wisdom was born of a virgin. 4588 Timæus writes that
105 I, 42 | Timæus writes that the 4589 virgin daughter of 4590 Pythagoras
106 I, 42 | Lord and Saviour from a virgin; for the Romans believe
107 I, 42 | were the offspring of the virgin 4593 Ilia and of Mars.~
108 I, 45 | she might not violate her virgin troth in the embraces of
109 I, 46 | triumph, took to wife a virgin, Bilia, of such extraordinary
110 I, 46 | Brutus took to wife, was a virgin; Cato’s wife, 4606 Marcia,
111 I, 46 | Marcia, was not a virgin; but Marcia went to and
112 I, 49(4647)| A vestal virgin who proved her innocence
113 II, 15 | paradise he continued a virgin: when he filled himself
114 II, 15 | persistent fasting welcomed a Virgin Lord. His forerunner and
115 II, 16 | Baptist (who fasted and was a virgin) until now the kingdom of
116 II, 19 | heresies. She continues a virgin. Whithersoever the Lamb
117 II, 30 | when Christ was born of a Virgin, and your argument from
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