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Tertullian

Chapter 20

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Author: Tertullian

Chapter XX.—Of Women’s Dress.

So far, however, as regards the dress of women, the

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variety

of

observance

compels

us

—

men

of

no

consideration

whatever

—

to

treat

,

presumptuously

indeed

,

after

the

most

holy

apostle

,

except

in

so

far

as

it

will

not

be

presumptuously

if

we

treat

the

subject

in

accordance

with

the

apostle

.

Touching

modesty

of

dress

and

ornamentation

,

indeed

,

the

prescription

of

Peter

likewise

is

plain

,

checking

as

he

does

with

the

same

mouth

,

because

with

the

same

Spirit

,

as

Paul

,

the

glory

of

garments

,

and

the

pride

of

gold

,

and

the

meretricious

elaboration

of

the

hair

.

Notes

1
See 1 Cor. xi. 1–16; 1 Tim. ii. 9, 10.
2
1 Pet. iii. 1–6.