Disciplinary, Moral, And Ascetical Works (fathers Of The Church Patristic Series)

This volume contains seven works of the zealously ascetical Christian writer of third-century Carthage, Tertullian. The first five works, composed during his Catholic period, offer detailed, strict instruction on Christian conduct, demeanor, and dress, as well as exhortations to persevere. Participation in the pagan entertainments of Roman society is ruled out. The final two essays in the volume are products of Tertullian's Montanist years, that is, his final phase. In them he rejects absolutely any possibility of Christians in public service, whether military or civil, as well as any attempt to escape from persecutors. FOREWORD TO THE MARTYRS Introduction Text . . SPECTACLES Introduction Text. THE APPAREL OF WOMEN Introduction Book I Book II PRAYER Introduction Text. PATIENCE Introduction Text. THE CHAPLET Introduction Text. FLIGHT IN TIME OF PERSECUTION I n trod uction Text INDEX