Letter 22 to Eustochium
By Saint Jerome · Running time 02:07:32 · Christianity - Other
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St. Jerome's most famous letter ( Libellus de virginitate servanda ), written to St. Eustochium, the sixteen-year-old daughter of the Roman widow St. Paula. St. Jerome exhorts St. Eustochium to embrace virginity and teaches her the proper conduct of a young woman. It contains his: 1. view that God, though omnipotent, cannot restore a fallen virgin (§5) 2. vivid description of fasting and temptation (§7) 3. view of abortion, that it is murder (§13) 4. term superbiam sanctam, virginity a "holy pride" (§16) 5. praise of wedlock, that it gives him virgins (§20) 6. further reading recommendations o
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