Cornell Studies in Classical Philology, Issue 34Cornell University Press, 1964 - Classical languages |
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Page 50
... remarks on the corrupt state of the Church . Here , however , a passage must be pointed out in which the deterioration of the Church appears to be mentioned as part of the larger decline of human society as a whole . In his introduction ...
... remarks on the corrupt state of the Church . Here , however , a passage must be pointed out in which the deterioration of the Church appears to be mentioned as part of the larger decline of human society as a whole . In his introduction ...
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... remarks against marriage in an effort to induce Furia to abandon the world . Jerome begins by comparing marriage to the flesh of quails on which the children of Israel glutted themselves to nausea.72 Marriage is most bitter bile , sour ...
... remarks against marriage in an effort to induce Furia to abandon the world . Jerome begins by comparing marriage to the flesh of quails on which the children of Israel glutted themselves to nausea.72 Marriage is most bitter bile , sour ...
Page 142
... remarks . Nonetheless , he cannot avoid using the opportunity offered by his praise of Paula's virtues to casti- gate the vices found in most women . Thus in eulogizing Paula's freedom from hypocrisy , he contrasts ordinary women ...
... remarks . Nonetheless , he cannot avoid using the opportunity offered by his praise of Paula's virtues to casti- gate the vices found in most women . Thus in eulogizing Paula's freedom from hypocrisy , he contrasts ordinary women ...
Contents
St Jerome and the Satiric Tradition I | 1 |
O Tempora O Mores | 20 |
The Church and the Clergy | 65 |
Copyright | |
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