On Monogamy
Tertullian's defense of strict monogamy as the teaching of the Paraclete (Holy Spirit), arguing that while this discipline may appear novel and burdensome, it represents a legitimate fulfillment of Christ's promise consistent with core Christian truth.
18 Chapters
Table of Contents
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Chapter I.--Different Views in Regard to Marriage Held by Heretics,
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Chapter II.--The Spiritualists Vindicated from the Charge of Novelty.
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Chapter III.--The Question of Novelty Further Considered in Connection with the Words of the Lord and His Apostles.
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Chapter IV.--Waiving Allusion to the Paraclete, Tertullian Comes to the Consideration of the Ancient Scriptures, and Their Testimony on the Subject in Hand.
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Chapter V.--Connection of These Primeval Testimonies with Christ.
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Chapter VI.--The Case of Abraham, and Its Bearing on the Present Question.
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Chapter VII.--From Patriarchal, Tertullian Comes to Legal, Precedents.
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Chapter VIII.--From the Law Tertullian Comes to the Gospel He Begins with Examples Before Proceeding to Dogmas.
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Chapter IX.--From Examples Tertullian Passes to Direct Dogmatic Teachings He Begins with the Lord's Teaching.
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Chapter X.--St. Paul's Teaching on the Subject.
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Chapter XI.--Further Remarks Upon St. Paul's Teaching.
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Chapter XII.--The Explanation of the Passage Offered by the Psychics Considered.
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Chapter XIII.--Further Objections from St. Paul Answered.
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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.
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Chapter XV.--Unfairness of Charging the Disciples of the New Prophecy with Harshness The Charge Rather to Be Retorted Upon the Psychics.
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Chapter XVI.--Weakness of the Pleas Urged in Defence of Second Marriage.
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Chapter XVII.--Heathen Examples Cry Shame Upon This |Infirmity of the Flesh.|
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Elucidations.