The Banquet of the Ten Virgins, Discourse V

Discourse V

• The Banquet of the Ten Virgins V.1 — The Offering of Chastity a Great Gift. I pray you, Arete, that you will give your assistance now too, that I may seem to speak something worthy in the first place of yourself, and then of those who are present. For I…vatican.va
• The Banquet of the Ten Virgins V.2 — Chapter II.—Abraham’s Sacrifice of a Heifer Three Years Old, of a Goat, and of a Ram Also Three Years Old: Its Meaning; Every Age to Be Consecrated to God; The Threefold Watch and Our Age. I must endeavour, O…vatican.va
• The Banquet of the Ten Virgins V.3 — Far Best to Cultivate Virtue from Boyhood. Therefore, it is becoming that we should kindle the unquenchable light of faith in the heart, and gird our loins with purity, and watch and ever wait for the Lord so that,…vatican.va
• The Banquet of the Ten Virgins V.4 — Perfect Consecration and Devotion to God: What It is. That which is laid down in the Book of Numbers, “greatly to vow a vow,” serves to show, as, with a little more explanation, I proceed to prove, that chastity is…vatican.va
• The Banquet of the Ten Virgins V.5 — The Vow of Chastity, and Its Rites in the Law; Vines, Christ, and the Devil. I will now endeavour to explain to you, O virgins, the rest of that which is prescribed; for this is attached to your duties, consisting of…vatican.va
• The Banquet of the Ten Virgins V.6 — Chapter VI.—Sikera, a Manufactured and Spurious Wine, Yet Intoxicating; Things Which are Akin to Sins are to Be Avoided by a Virgin; The Altar of Incense (a Symbol Of) Virgins. Moreover, it is not only forbidden to…vatican.va
• The Banquet of the Ten Virgins V.7 — The Church Intermediate Between the Shadows of the Law and the Realities of Heaven. Chapter VII.—The Church Intermediate Between the Shadows of the Law and the Realities of Heaven. If the law, according to the…vatican.va
• The Banquet of the Ten Virgins V.8 — The Double Altar, Widows and Virgins; Gold the Symbol of Virginity. Now the Jews prophesied our state, but we foretell the heavenly; since the Tabernacle was a symbol of the Church, and the Church of heaven.…vatican.va