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Tertullian

On the Apparel of Women - Book I

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Contents

Introduction. Modesty in Apparel Becoming to Women, in Memory of the Introduction of Sin into the World Through a Woman.

The Origin of Female Ornamentation, Traced Back to the Angels Who Had Fallen.

Concerning the Genuineness of “The Prophecy of Enoch.”

Waiving the Question of the Authors, Tertullian Proposes to Consider the Things on Their Own Merits.

Gold and Silver Not Superior in Origin or in Utility to Other Metals.

Of Precious Stones and Pearls.

Rarity the Only Cause Which Makes Such Things Valuable.

The Same Rule Holds with Regard to Colours. God's Creatures Generally Not to Be Used, Except for the Purposes to Which He Has Appointed Them.

God's Distribution Must Regulate Our Desires, Otherwise We Become the Prey of Ambition and Its Attendant Evils.

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