DISCOURSE VIII.—THEKLA.
- CHAP. I.—METHODIUS' DERIVATION OF THE WORD
VIRGINITY:(5) WHOLLY DIVINE; VIRTUE, IN GREEK areth , WHENCE SO
CALLED.
- CHAP. II.—THE LOFTY MIND AND CONSTANCY OF THE
SACRED VIRGINS; THE INTRODUCTION OF VIRGINS INTO THE BLESSED ABODES
BEFORE OTHERS.
- CHAP. III.—THE LOT AND INHERITANCE OF VIRGINITY.
- CHAP. IV.—EXHORTATION TO THE CULTIVATION OF
VIRGINITY; A PASSAGE FROM THE APOCALYPSE(7) IS PROPOSED TO BE EXAMINED.
- CHAP. V.—THE WOMAN WHO BRINGS FORTH, TO WHOM
THE DRAGON IS OPPOSED, THE CHURCH; HER ADORNMENT AND GRACE.
- CHAP. VI.—THE WORKS OF THE CHURCH, THE
BRINGING FORTH OF CHILDREN IN BAPTISM; THE MOON IN BAPTISM, THE FULL
MOON OF CHRIST'S PASSION.
- CHAP. VII.—THE CHILD OF THE WOMAN IN THE
APOCALYPSE NOT CHRIST, BUT THE FAITHFUL WHO ARE BORN IN THE LAVER.
- CHAP. VIII.—THE FAITHFUL IN BAPTISM MALES,
CONFIGURED TO CHRIST; THE SAINTS THEMSELVES CHRISTS.
- CHAP. IX.—THE SON OF GOD, WHO EVER IS, IS
TO-DAY BEGOTTEN IN THE MINDS AND SENSE OF THE FAITHFUL.
- CHAP. X.—THE DRAGON, THE DEVIL; THE STARS
STRUCK FROM HEAVEN BY THE TAIL OF THE DRAGON, HERETICS; THE NUMBERS OF
THE TRINITY, THAT IS, THE PERSONS NUMBERED; ERRORS CONCERNING THEM.
- CHAP. XI.—THE WOMAN WITH THE MALE CHILD IN THE
WILDERNESS THE CHURCH; THE WILDERNESS BELONGS TO VIRGINS AND SAINTS;
THE PERFECTION OF NUMBERS AND MYSTERIES; THE EQUALITY AND PERFECTION
OF THE NUMBER SIX; THE NUMBER SIX RELATED TO CHRIST; FROM THIS NUMBER,
TOO, THE CREATION AND HARMONY OF THE WORLD COMPLETED.
- CHAP. XII.—VIRGINS ARE CALLED TO THE IMITATION
OF THE CHURCH IN THE WILDERNESS OVERCOMING THE DRAGON.
- CHAP. XIII.—THE SEVEN CROWNS OF THE BEAST TO
BE TAKEN AWAY BY VICTORIOUS CHASTITY; THE TEN CROWNS OF THE DRAGON,
THE VICES OPPOSED TO THE DECALOGUE; THE OPINION OF FATE THE GREATEST
EVIL.
- CHAP. XIV.—THE DOCTRINE OF MATHEMATICIANS NOT
WHOLLY TO BE DESPISED, WHEN THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF
THE STARS; THE TWELVE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC MYTHICAL NAMES.
- CHAP. XV.—ARGUMENTS FROM THE NOVELTY OF FATE
AND GENERATION; THAT GOLDEN AGE, EARLY MEN; SOLID ARGUMENTS AGAINST
THE MATHEMATICIANS.
- CHAP. XVI.—SEVERAL OTHER THINGS TURNED AGAINST
THE SAME MATHEMATICIANS.
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