Tertullian: Treatises on Marriage and Remarriage: To His Wife, An Exhortation to Chastity, Monogamy
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Overview
Though not classified among Tertullian’s major compositions, this treatise is of considerable historical interest and theological importance for understanding early patristic teaching on the family.
Top Highlights
“Hence, as far as such a sentiment is possible, let us be grateful for the opportunity offered us of practicing continence and let us embrace it immediately, once it is offered. Thus, what we were unable to do in marriage we will be able to do in bereavement.” (Page 20)
“Therefore, when God wills that a woman lose her husband in death, He also wills that she should be done with marriage itself. Why attempt to restore what God has put asunder?” (Page 20)