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Of the Discipline and Advantage of Chastity

Pseudo-Cyprian

Section 6

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Author: Pseudo-Cyprian

6. Christ gave this judgment when, being inquired

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of

,

He

said

that

a

wife

must

not

be

put

away

,

save

for

the

cause

of

adultery

;

such

honour

did

He

put

upon

chastity

.

Hence

arose

the

decree

:

“

Ye

shall

not

suffer

adulteresses

to

live

.

”

Hence

the

apostle

says

:

“

This

is

the

will

of

God

,

that

ye

abstain

from

fornication

.

”

Hence

also

he

says

the

same

thing

:

“

That

the

members

of

Christ

must

not

be

joined

with

the

members

of

an

harlot

.

”

Hence

the

man

is

delivered

over

unto

Satan

for

the

destruction

of

the

flesh

,

who

,

treading

under

foot

the

law

of

chastity

,

practises

the

vices

of

the

flesh

.

Hence

with

reason

adulterers

do

not

attain

the

kingdom

of

heaven

.

Hence

it

is

that

every

sin

is

without

the

body

,

but

that

the

adulterer

alone

sins

against

his

own

body

.

Hence

other

authoritative

utterances

of

the

instructor

,

all

of

which

it

is

not

necessary

at

this

time

to

collect

,

especially

among

you

,

who

for

the

most

part

know

and

do

them

;

and

you

cannot

find

cause

for

complaint

concerning

these

things

,

even

though

they

are

not

described

.

For

the

adulterer

has

not

an

excuse

,

nor

could

he

have

,

because

he

might

take

a

wife

.

Notes

8
Lev. xx. 10.
9
1 Thess. iv. 3.
10
1 Cor. vi. 15.