The instructor
1.2.t.1 that the instructor is in charge on account of our sins. and our instructor, o you children, is like his own father, god, whose son he is, sin
Your sins he says to us sinners. 1.2.6.5 and we at once have become infants in understanding, receiving the best and most steadfast order from his goo
And guides to salvation. 1.3.9.4 let us therefore love the commandments of the lord through works, for the word himself, having clearly become flesh,
He mystifies his acquaintances, urging them to pay attention to him as if already hastening to the father, making his hearers more eager by announcing
Allegorizing lambs for the innocence of sheep. 1.5.16.1 indeed, we too, having honored the most beautiful and most perfect of our life’s possessions w
The infant, then, is in this way more delicate, tender and simple and guileless and unhypocritical, straightforward in mind and upright and this is t
And he, having been loosed from death, playing and exulting with the bride, the helper for our salvation, the church to which patience has been given
Nor indeed 1.6.25.3 a teacher of the only teacher. will they not then unwillingly confess the word, perfect, begotten from the perfect father, to be p
The anticipation of arrival for an age and time are not the same thing, nor indeed are impulse and end no. but both 1.6.28.5 are concerned with one
We were all made to drink one drink. it is not unfitting to use their own words, who say that the filtering of the spirit is the remembrance of better
That is, the things of christ, whom alone scripture, as we have said before, calls a man, i have put away the things of a child. but childhood in chri
That which remains to be understood, the boastfulness of knowledge, hear the law of scripture: let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, and let not t
Blood has the substance. in this way also the rivers, borne along with a rush, being carded by the enclosure of the surrounding air, murmur foam, and
We flee to the pain-forgetting breast of the father, the word, and he, as it seems, alone supplies us, the infants, with the milk of love, and truly b
This will be shown in the work on the resurrection. since he also said, *the bread, which i will give, is my flesh*, and flesh is irrigated by blood,
To be. that milk is formed from blood by a change is already clear, but it is also possible to learn it from the flocks and the herds. for these anima
The perfect father of all things, for in him is the son and in the son is the father, it is time for us, following the order, to say also who our inst
Relating his conduct. 1.7.56.2 but again when he speaks in his own person, he confesses himself to be an instructor: i am the lord your god, who broug
Turn from evil and do good you have loved righteousness, you have hated lawlessness. this is my new covenant, engraved in the old letter. the 1.7.59.
1.8.62.3 an excess of philanthropy, having sympathized by nature. for there is nothing that the lord hates for surely he does not hate something, but
Admonishing the passions of the soul, he leads to peace towards the sacred harmony of the commonwealth. 1.8.66.1 just as, therefore, the hortatory and
To frighten us so that we may not sin for the fear of the lord drives away sins, but the fearless one will not be able to be justified, says the scri
Of power. a man, it says, he will judge according to his works, god having made known to us jesus as the face of righteousness, of a good balance, thr
1.9.t.1 that it is of the same power both to do good and to punish justly, wherein is the method of the instruction of the word. with all his strength
1.9.78.1 reprehension is a rebuking censure or a striking blame, and the pedagogue has also used this cure through isaiah, saying: woe, apostate child
A beautiful and graceful harlot, mistress of sorceries. having very artfully insulted the virgin with the name of harlotry, he again, turning her towa
Setting before them a certain saving outline of reasonable care: and i will bind up the lame, and i will heal the vexed, and i will turn back the wand
The justice of the instructor is shown in his rebukes, and the goodness of god in his 1.9.87.3 compassions. for this reason david, that is, the spirit
He has not stood, and on the seat of the pestilent he has not sat but his will is in the 1.10.90.2 law of the lord. counsel has three parts. one take
Of the eternal lord, what is the good path, and walk in it, and you will find cleansing for your souls. and he leads to repentance for the sake of our
To humanity. now honey, being most sweet, is productive of bile, as goodness is of contempt, which is the cause of sinning, but mustard is also reduct
To resume life. for not in war, 1.12.99.1 but in peace are we instructed. now war indeed requires much preparation, and luxury needs extravagance but
Truly irrational, given over to desires, on which 1.13.102.2 all pleasures sit. but what is set right according to obedience to the word, the stoics c
Serving for lightness, from which arises growth and health and proper strength, not improper or treacherous and wretched like that of athletes from fo
A specious name has come to be applied to dinners, from gullets and raging madness for a dinner, according to the comic poet. for truly most thing
It was a feast and they made merry, slaughtering calves and sacrificing sheep, saying: let us eat and 2.1.8.2 drink, for tomorrow we die and that he
Is occupied with pleasures. but if we should exhort any of our fellow-diners to virtue, for this reason we must abstain more from these gluttonous foo
Do not come together for judgment. 2.1.13.1 we must abstain then from all slavishness and intemperance, partaking of what is set before us in an order
He said to them, 2.1.15.3 says luke, what things he said. in addition to these things, those who dine according to reason should not be overlooked by
In his own city, establishing the holy ark in the midst of the tabernacle, having made gladness for all the subject people, before the lord he distrib
Taking away the fuel, the bacchic threat, and applying the antidote for the boiling over, which will both restrain the soul already inflamed with prid
The vision, from the heat of wine, imagines the substance more densely multiplied than one but it makes no difference whether the vision moves or the
With wines? are not they of those who 2.2.27.5 track down where drinking parties are happening? here indeed the word declares the lover of drink to be
To reject the pleasantness of flutes on account of the indecency of the sight—, as one should drink with an undistorted face, not drinking one's fill,
Both, the men being provoked to spy, and the women drawing the men's gazes upon themselves. 2.2.33.5 and we must always conduct ourselves honorably as
Yours, the only inalienable good, faith in god, the confession of him who suffered, beneficence toward men, possessing a most precious2.3.36.3 possess
Those who are hastening towards salvation to have understood beforehand that all our possession is for the sake of use, and use for the sake of self-s
Psaltery of the lord and on a cithara praise him, let the mouth be understood as the cithara, being struck, as it were, with the spirit as a plectrum
Let them sing psalms to him. and what choir is singing, the spirit itself will tell you. his praise is in the church of the saints, let them rejoice i
A proof of human reasoning, 2.5.47.3 but it indicates an opinion of cruelty. for one must not always laugh—for it is immoderate—nor when elders or oth
Accusing towards licentiousness. for he is skilled at always cutting out the roots of sins, the “you shall not commit adultery” through the “you shall
Able to think wrongly but he called her under a husband, since the danger is greater for the one who tries to dissolve 2.7.54.2 the bond of life to
But speech is a good thing 2.7.58.2 for an approved age. speak, elder, at a banquet for it is fitting for you but speak without stumbling and with a
I know that at the holy supper the woman who brought an alabaster jar of ointment anointed the feet of the lord and pleased him. and i know that the a
Again the incorruptible word, he who does not admit the poison of corruption. the magi brought him gold when he was born as a symbol of royalty. but t
We should pray but the pursuit of sweet scents is a bait for indolence, from afar drawing one into gluttonous desire. 2.8.67.3 for the licentious man
Passing through strongly to warm up the coldness. therefore, he is far from needing flowers to cool him, when the nervous system desires to be warmed.
Of the dead must be crowned. for the beautiful crown of amaranth is laid up for him who has lived well this flower the earth has not capacity to bear
A mover of bile, a laxative narcissus oil, from the narcissus, is equally beneficial as lily oil myrtle oil, from myrtles and myrrh, is an astringen
Sleep, but relaxation. for which reason, i say, we must take it not for the purpose of indolence, but for rest from our activities. 2.9.79.1 we must t
Time-, far from it should one permit sleeping during the day for those who also cut off the greater part of the night for wakefulness. and restlessnes
For from the surface of the surrounding air, the arteries around the neck, being pressed and constricted, squeeze out the breath, and this, being exce
It is immediately mounted by whatever hare it happens upon for it is not satisfied with one mating. and it conceives 2.10.88.2 again while still suck
Led aside the hebrew who was having intercourse with his own pregnant wife for mere pleasure, even if it is engaged in within marriage, 2.10.92.3 is
Like a raging and savage master. but let marriage be approved and established for the lord wishes humanity to be multiplied, but he does not say be l
Luxuries, their own sins but the more reasonable of them recognize 2.10.99.3 that they are sins, but are overcome by pleasures. and darkness is a clo
For incontinence, reason is the best medicine, but lack of satiety also helps, by which inflamed desires leap about pleasures. therefore, one must not
But a certain poor man named lazarus was laid at the rich man's gate, full of sores, desiring to be fed from the things falling from the rich man's ta
Not illegitimate the things within it is most fitting to use white and simple garments. 2.10βις.108.2 at any rate, clearly and purely daniel the proph
Coloring is done with time, but the washings and the astringents with the chemical juices of the dye, wasting away the wool of the garments, make the
The beauty of the body is a trap for men 2.10βις.114.4 nor is it reasonable for a woman who uses a purple curtain to wish to become conspicuous. for
Showing the type. but if this also hints at something, it will be revealed in other places. 2.12.t.1 that one must not be excited about stones and gol
Reason. for god has given us, i know, the authority for their use, but only up to what is necessary, and he has willed that their use be in common. 2.
Aristophanes, in his thesmophoriazusae, points out the articles of female adornment. i will quote the very words of the comic poet, which sharply expo
Whole and smooth and equal and without excess2.12.128.2 and in this way is sufficient. and sufficiency is a state which reaches its proper end without
Gods, men are gods. for the word is he a manifest mystery god in man, and man is god, and the mediator executes the will of the father for the word
The true, he will be disgusted, i know well. for he will not find the worthy image of god dwelling within, but instead of it a harlot and an adulteres
So that those who see her cry out at her beautiful rump. she has a large belly they have little breasts like those the comic actors have having adde
They have devised mirrors, on which deception it was most necessary to place a cover for not even, as the myth of the greeks has it, was it granted t
Having left behind for the sake of fading beauty and having fallen so far from the heavens to the earth. but the shechemites also are punished, having
Created in righteousness and holiness of 3.3.17.3 truth. but for a man to be combed and trimmed with a razor for the sake of elegance, and to arrange
But pitch is useful, he says. but it brings reproach, i say and no one in his right mind would want to seem to be a fornicator, not being sick, nor w
Such are they, being reproved for their manner externally by their clothing, footwear, posture, gait, hairstyle, glance for from sight a man will be
Some attend to the mirrors, others the hairnets, others the combs **, many eunuchs and these are pimps, serving without suspicion by the trustworthine
They rear melitaean dogs and recline with the snub-nosed ones, playing, delighting in satyr-like monsters and when they hear of thersites they laugh,
With the tunic and their modesty they wish to appear beautiful, but nevertheless are reputed to be wicked for through it is especially revealed the w
The one who imparts is rich, and the imparting, not the possession, shows the blessed one 3.6.36.1 and the fruit of the soul is generosity therefore
Carrying simplicity along with sober dignity as a provision for the journey to heaven and just as the foot is the measure of the shoe, so is the body
He might be persuaded by the one who spoke 3.8.42.3 these are the disciples who were persuaded by the word for this reason the one who heard is a fr
I turned away, saying— there are four reasons for which we resort to it either for the sake of cleanliness, or of warmth, or of health, or lastly, of
Women should bring from the storeroom with their own hands what we need, and it is not shameful for them to go to the mill nor, indeed, is it a repro
3.11.t.1 a summary sketch of the best life. for this reason, wearing gold and using softer clothing should not be completely cut off, but the irration
Beauty for the evil-minded. for in general, if anyone thinks they are adorned with gold, they are less than gold, and the one who is less than gold is
That forgetfulness of their erotic passions could ever arise in them, on account of the constant reminder of licentiousness. 3.11.60.2 but concerning
A soul inspired by the holy spirit and its splendors, by righteousness, prudence, courage, temperance and love of good and modesty, than which no more
Wisely and lawfully, whose children rising up called her blessed, as the holy word says through solomon, and her husband praised her. for a godly woma
To those passing by on the way, those making their own paths straight, she says clearly through her appearance and her whole way of life: which of yo
Let them cease at last from spending time in taverns, chattering idly, and hunting for the women who pass by many also do not cease from blaspheming
A possession but she is also educated without letters, and her writing, at once private and divine, is called love 3.11.78.3, a spiritual composition
It ought to be mystical—the apostle has called it holy—, † let us conduct ourselves worthily of the kingdom, showing the soul's goodwill through a tem
Sufficient then is the time that is past, says peter, to have worked out the will of the gentiles, having walked in licentiousness, lusts, drunkenness
Of the abundant arrangement of the scriptures and a readier discovery of salvation. 3.12.89.1 we have the decalogue given by moses, indicating by a si
Bitter sweet, and to others thus: woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and prudent in their own sight he who humbles himself will be exalted,
And trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to christ, from the soul with goodwill serving. and masters, do well by your servants, giving up threat
Let us infants run to our mother, and if we become hearers of the word, let us glorify the blessed dispensation, through which man is instructed, and
led aside the Hebrew who was having intercourse with his own pregnant wife; for mere pleasure, even if it is engaged in within marriage, 2.10.92.3 is unlawful and unjust and irrational; but on the contrary, Moses leads the husbands away from pregnant women until they give birth; for in reality the womb, lying under the bladder, but resting upon the intestine called the rectum, extends its neck between the shoulders into the bladder, and the mouth of the neck, by which it receives the seed, having been filled, is closed, and again it is emptied, being cleansed for conception, and having put aside its fruit, it then receives the seed. It is not shameful for us, for the benefit of our hearers, to name the organs of conception, whose creation God was not ashamed of. 2.10.93.1 The womb, therefore, thirsting for child-bearing, receives the seed, and rejects what is blameable in intercourse, after the sowing completely shutting out licentiousness now with a closed mouth. And its desires, which before were agitated about loving embraces, turning away, are occupied within with child-bearing and cooperate 2.10.93.2 with the Creator. It is not right, then, to still bother nature while she is already at work, being excessive unto insolence; and insolence, the many-named and multiform, when it turns aside according to this part of disorder which relates to sexual pleasure, is called lewdness, the vulgar and common and impure, that which is prone to copulation, as the name shows, from which, when they have grown, a great multitude of diseases ensues, love of dainties, love of wine, love of women, and indeed also profligacy and all love of pleasure, of which 2.10.93.3 desire is the tyrant. And countless kindred passions grow with these, from which the intemperate character is brought to a head; and the scripture says: "Whips are prepared for the intemperate, and punishments for the shoulders of fools," calling the strength of intemperance and its vigorous endurance the shoulders of fools. For this reason, "Put away from your servants empty hopes, and desires," he says, "turn away unseemly things from me, 2.10.93.4 let not appetite of the belly and intercourse take hold of me." One must therefore keep far away the great villainy of the treacherous; for not only into the wallet of Crates, but not even into our city sails any foolish parasite nor a lecherous fornicator glorying in his rump, nor a deceitful prostitute, nor any other such beast of pleasure. Therefore let much worthiness be sown in us throughout our whole life. 2.10.94.1 In general, then, whether one ought to marry or to remain entirely pure from marriage—for this too is a matter of inquiry—has been shown by us in the work "On Continence." But if this very thing, whether one should marry, required consideration, how could it be permitted to use intercourse unrestrainedly, just like food, as something 2.10.94.2 necessary on every occasion? For one can see from it the nerves, like threads, being pulled apart and torn around the straining of intercourse; yes, indeed, and it scatters a mist over the organs of sense, 2.10.94.3 and it cuts the sinews. This is clear both in the case of irrational animals and in the case of bodies in training, of whom those who abstain in the contests get the better of their opponents, while the others are led away from copulation, dragged about, all but dragged, completely emptied of all strength and impulse. The sophist from Abdera 2.10.94.4 used to call intercourse a small epilepsy, considering it an incurable disease. For do not fits of exhaustion also follow, attributable to the magnitude of the emission? For a man is produced and torn from a man. See the magnitude of the harm; a whole man is torn away by the emission of intercourse; for he says, "This now is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh." A man, then, is emptied by the seed as much as he is seen in the body; for that which is separated is the beginning of generation. But also the agitation of the matter thoroughly disturbs and clashes with the harmony of the body. 2.10.95.1 Very witty, therefore, was he who, to the one who asked how he was with regard to sexual pleasures, said, "Hush, man, most gladly, indeed, 2.10.95.2 have I escaped them
Ἑβραίων ἐγκύμονι τῇ αὑτοῦ γυναικὶ συνιόντα παρήγαγεν· ψιλὴ γὰρ ἡδονή, κἂν ἐν γάμῳ παραληφθῇ, 2.10.92.3 παράνομός ἐστι καὶ
ἄδικος καὶ ἄλογος· ἔμπαλιν δὲ ὁ Μωυσῆς ἀπάγει τῶν ἐγκύων τοὺς ἄνδρας ἄχρις ἂν ἀποκυήσωσιν· τῷ ὄντι γὰρ ἡ ὑστέρα ὑποκειμένη
μὲν τῇ κύστει, ἐπικειμένη δὲ τῷ ἐντέρῳ τῷ καλουμένῳ ἀρχῷ ἐκτείνει τὸν τράχηλον μεταξὺ τῶν ὤμων ἐν τῇ κύστει, καὶ τὸ στόμιον
τοῦ τραχήλου, ᾧ προσίεται τὸ σπέρμα, πεπληρωμένον μέμυκεν, αὖθίς τε ἀποκενοῦται καθαιρομένη κυήσει, ἀποθεμένη δὲ τὸν καρπὸν
εἶτα ἐπιδέχεται τὸν σπόρον. Οὐκ αἰσχρὸν δὲ ἡμῖν ἐπ' ὠφελείᾳ τῶν ἀκουόντων τὰ κυητικὰ ὀνομάζειν ὄργανα, ὧν οὐκ ἐπῃσχύνθη τὴν
δημιουργίαν ὁ θεός. 2.10.93.1 ∆ιψῶσα τοίνυν ἡ ὑστέρα παιδοποιίας προσίεται τὴν σποράν, καὶ τὸ ἐπίψογον τῆς συνουσίας ἀρνεῖται,
μετὰ τὴν σπορὰν ἀποκλείουσα τέλεον ἤδη τὴν ἀσέλγειαν μεμυκότι τῷ στόματι. Αἱ δὲ ὀρέξεις αὐτῆς αἱ τέως περὶ τὰς φιλοστόργους
συμπλοκὰς δεδονημέναι, ἀποστραφεῖσαι, ἔνδον περὶ τὴν παιδοποιίαν ἀσχολούμεναι συνεργοῦσι 2.10.93.2 τῷ δημιουργῷ. Οὐ δὴ θέμις
ἐργαζομένην τὴν φύσιν ἤδη ἐνοχλεῖν ἔτι, περιττεύοντας εἰς ὕβριν· ὕβρις δέ, ἡ πολυώνυμος καὶ πολυειδής, ἐπειδὰν ἐκτραπῇ κατὰ
τοῦτο τῆς ἀταξίας τὸ μέρος τὸ κατὰ τὴν ἀφροδίτην, λαγνεία κέκληται, τὸ λαϊκὸν καὶ δημῶδες καὶ ἄναγνον, τὸ περὶ τὰς ὀχείας
τὸ καταφερές, ἐμφαίνοντος τοῦ ὀνόματος, ἐξ ὧν αὐξηθέντων τὸ πολὺ τῶν νοσημάτων πλῆθος ἐπισυμβαίνει, φιλοψία, φιλοινία, φιλογυνία,
καὶ δὴ καὶ ἀσωτία καὶ φιληδονία πᾶσα, ὧν 2.10.93.3 τυραννεύει ἐπιθυμία. Μυρία δὲ τούτοις αὔξεται ἀδελφὰ παθήματα, ἐξ ὧν τὸ
ἀκόλαστον κορυφοῦται ἦθος· λέγει δὲ ἡ γραφή· Ἑτοιμάζονται ἀκολάστοις μάστιγες καὶ τιμωρίαι ὤμοις ἀφρόνων, τὴν ἰσχὺν τῆς ἀκολασίας
καὶ τὴν εὔτονον ὑπομονὴν ὤμους ἀφρόνων καλοῦσα. ∆ιὰ τοῦτό τοι ἀπόστησον ἀπὸ τῶν δούλων σου ἐλπίδας κενάς, καὶ ἐπιθυμίας, φησίν,
ἀπρεπεῖς ἀπόστρεψον ἀπ' ἐμοῦ, 2.10.93.4 κοιλίας ὄρεξις καὶ συνουσιασμὸς μὴ καταλαβέτωσάν με. Πόρρωθεν οὖν ἀπερύκειν χρὴ τὴν
πολλὴν τῶν ἐπιβούλων κακουργίαν· οὐ γὰρ εἰς τὴν Κράτητος πήραν μόνον, ἀλλ' οὐδὲ εἰς τὴν ἡμετέραν πόλιν εἰσπλεῖ οὐ μωρὸς παράσιτος
οὐδὲ λίχνος πόρνος πυγῇ ἀγαλλόμενος, οὐ δολερὰ πόρνη, ἀλλ' οὐδὲ ἄλλο τι τοιοῦτον ἡδονῆς θηρίον. Πολλὴ οὖν ἡμῖν ἐγκατεσπάρθω
παρ' ὅλον τὸν βίον ἀξιοπραγία. 2.10.94.1 Καθόλου μὲν οὖν εἰ γαμητέον ἢ γάμου εἰς τὸ παντελὲς καθαρευτέον ἔχεται γὰρ ζητήσεως
καὶ τοῦτο-, ἐν τῷ Περὶ ἐγκρατείας ἡμῖν δεδήλωται. Εἰ δὲ αὐτὸ τοῦτο, εἰ γαμητέον, ἐδέησε σκέψεως, πῶς ἂν ἐπιτραπείη ἀνέδην
καθάπερ τροφῇ, οὕτω δὲ καὶ συνουσίᾳ ὡς 2.10.94.2 ἀναγκαίῳ κεχρῆσθαι ἑκάστοτε; Ἔστι γοῦν συνιδεῖν ἐξ αὐτῆς καθάπερ στήμονας
τὰ νεῦρα διαφορούμενα καὶ περὶ τὴν ἐπίτασιν τῆς ὁμιλίας διαρρηγνύμενα· ναὶ μὴν καὶ ἀχλὺν περισκεδάννυσι τοῖς αἰσθητηρίοις,
2.10.94.3 κόπτει δὲ καὶ τοὺς τόνους. Σαφὲς τοῦτο καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἀλόγων ζῴων καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἐν ἀσκήσει σωμάτων, ὧν οἱ ἀπεχόμενοι
ἐν τοῖς ἀγῶσι τῶν ἀντιπάλων περιγίνονται, τὰ δὲ ἀπάγεται τῆς ὀχείας περιελκόμενα, μονονουχὶ συρόμενα, ἰσχύος ἁπάσης καὶ ὀρούσεως
τέλεον κεκενωμένα. Μικρὰν ἐπιληψίαν τὴν συνουσίαν ὁ Ἀβδηρίτης 2.10.94.4 ἔλεγεν σοφιστής, νόσον ἀνίατον ἡγούμενος. Ἦ γὰρ οὐχὶ
καὶ ἐκλύσεις παρέπονται τῷ μεγέθει τῆς ἀπουσίας ἀνατιθέμεναι; Ἄνθρωπος γὰρ ἐξ ἀνθρώπου ἐκφύεταί τε καὶ ἀποσπᾶται. Ὅρα τὸ μέγεθος
τῆς βλάβης· ὅλος ἄνθρωπος ἀποσπᾶται κατὰ συνουσίας ἀπουσίαν· φησὶ γάρ· Τοῦτο νῦν ὀστοῦν ἐκ τῶν ὀστέων μου καὶ σὰρξ ἐκ τῆς
σαρκός μου. Τοσοῦτον ἄρα ὁ ἄνθρωπος κενοῦται τῷ σπέρματι, ὅσος ὁρᾶται τῷ σώματι· ἀρχὴ γὰρ γενέσεως τὸ ἀπαλλαττόμενον. Ἀλλὰ
καὶ τῆς ὕλης ὁ βρασμὸς ἐκταράττει καὶ συγκρούει τὴν ἁρμονίαν τοῦ σώματος. 2.10.95.1 Ἀστεῖος οὖν μάλα ἐκεῖνος ὁ πρὸς τὸν ἐρόμενον
πῶς ἔχοι πρὸς τὰ ἀφροδίσια, εὐφήμει, φήσας, ἄνθρωπε, ἀσμενέστατα μέντοι 2.10.95.2 αὐτὰ ἀπέφυγον
