Opening the library…
To His Wife
Tertullian
To us continence has been pointed out by the Lord of salvation
i.e., eternal life; comp. “consecutio æternitatis,” de Bapt., c. ii.
1 Cor. xv. 53; 2 Cor. v. 4.
Sæculo.
Mundo.
“Matrimonio,” or “by matrimony.” Comp. 1 Cor. vii. 27: δέδεσαι γυναικί; μὴ ζήτει λύσιν· λέλυσαι ἀπὸ γυναικός; μὴ ζήτει γυναῖκα. Tertullian’s rendering, it will be seen, is not verbatim.
“Matrimonio,” or “by matrimony.” Comp. 1 Cor. vii. 27: δέδεσαι γυναικί; μὴ ζήτει λύσιν· λέλυσαι ἀπὸ γυναικός; μὴ ζήτει γυναῖκα. Tertullian’s rendering, it will be seen, is not verbatim.
1 Cor. vii. 28.
Or, “been able”—valuimus. But comp. c. vi.
See c. iii., “quod autem necessitas præstat, depretiat ipsa,” etc.
1 Tim. ii. 2; Tit. i. 6.
1 Tim. v. 9, 10.
Aram.
Comp. de Cor., c. i., “et de martyrii candida melius coronatus,” and Oehler’s note.
Sæculi.
Or, “Pontifex maximus.”
Or, “has been decreed by.”