The Banquet of the Ten Virgins, Discourse X

Discourse X

• The Banquet of the Ten Virgins X.1 — Chastity Alone Aids and Effects the Most Praiseworthy Government of the Soul. O Arete, I also, omitting the long preludes of exordiums, will endeavour according to my ability to enter upon the subject, lest, by…vatican.va
• The Banquet of the Ten Virgins X.2 — The Allegory of the Trees Demanding a King, in the Book of Judges, Explained. But lest I should appear to some to be sophistical, and to conjecture these things from mere probabilities, and to babble, I will bring…vatican.va
• The Banquet of the Ten Virgins X.3 — The Bramble and the Agnos the Symbol of Chastity; The Four Gospels, that Is, Teachings or Laws, Instructing to Salvation. Chapter III.—The Bramble and the Agnos the Symbol of Chastity; The Four Gospels, that Is,…vatican.va
• The Banquet of the Ten Virgins X.4 — The Law Useless for Salvation; The Last Law of Chastity Under the Figure of the Bramble. Chapter IV.—The Law Useless for Salvation; The Last Law of Chastity Under the Figure of the Bramble. And so those men, having…vatican.va
• The Banquet of the Ten Virgins X.5 — The Malignity of the Devil as an Imitator in All Things; Two Kinds of Fig-Trees and Vines. Chapter V.—The Malignity of the Devil as an Imitator in All Things; Two Kinds of Fig-Trees and Vines. The fig-tree, as I…vatican.va
• The Banquet of the Ten Virgins X.6 — The Mystery of the Vision of Zechariah. Moreover, Zechariah shows that the olive shadows forth the law of Moses, speaking thus: “And the angel that talked with me came again and waked me, as a man that is wakened out…vatican.va