Clement of Rome

First Epistle on Virginity

Chapter 1
The Salutation.
Chapter 5
The Irksomeness and the Enemies of Virginity.
Chapter 9
Continuation of the Subject of Mortification; Dignity of Persons Consecrated to God.
Chapter 13
What Priests Should Be and Should Not Be.
Chapter 2
For True Virginity Perfect Virtue is Necessary.
Chapter 6
Divinity of Virginity.
Chapter 10
Denunciation of Dangerous and Scandalous Association with Maidens.
Chapter 3
True Virgins Prove Themselves Such by Self-Denial, as Does the True Believer by Good Works.
Chapter 7
The True Virgin.
Chapter 11
Perniciousness of Idleness; Warning Against the Empty Longing to Be Teachers; Advice About Teaching and the Use of Divine Gifts.
Chapter 4
Continuation of the Remarks on Self-Denial; Object and Reward of True Virgins.
Chapter 8
Virgins, by the Laying Aside of All Carnal Affection, are Imitators of God.
Chapter 12
Rules for Visits, Exorcisms, and How People are to Assist the Sick, and to Walk in All Things Without Offence.