"This (even) broader assertion we make: that even if the Paraclete had in this our day definitely prescribed a virginity or continence total and absolute, so as not to permit the heat of the flesh to foam itself down even in single marriage, even thus He would seem to be introducing nothing of “novelty;” seeing that the Lord Himself opens “the kingdoms of the heavens” to “eunuchs,” as being Himself, withal, a virgin; to whom looking, the apostle also—himself too for this reason abstinent—gives the preference to continence."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Tertullian, De monogamia (On marrying only once), Chapter 3, here translated by Rev. S. Thelwall
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Virginity
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Virginity
63 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Virginity →
Related Quotes
"God tells us men fucking men is a terrible thing, but a father offering his two daughters, vestal virgins no less, to…"
"God was conceived of a most pure Virgin … it was fitting that the virgin should be radiant with a purity so great tha…"
"Now piercèd is her virgin zone; She feels the foe within it."
"Positive first-time experiences reliably predicted physical and emotional satisfaction in later sexual interactions. …"
"Narrated 'Aisha: I asked the Prophet, "O Allah's Messenger! Should the women be asked for their consent to their marr…"
"Pleasure resulting from resolution of semen may arise in two ways. If this be the result of the mind's purpose, it de…"
"For in other matters also which go to make up life, we shall find differences according to circumstances. For example…"
"Therefore no fruitfulness of the flesh can be compared to holy virginity even of the flesh. For neither is itself als…"
"Wherefore neither are we to believe that their fruitfulness of the flesh, who at this time seek in marriage nothing e…"
"‘No, no; for my virginity, When I lose that,’ says Rose, ‘I’ll die’: ‘Behind the elms last night,’ cried Dick, ‘Rose,…"