On Virginity

by GREGORY OF NYSSA (c 335 - c 395)

Chapters 5-11. Fittingness of virginity for divine contemplation

On Virginity

His admirable book "On Virginity", written about 370, was composed to strengthen in all who read it the desire for a life of perfect virtue. - Summary by Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913).


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