Padri della Chiesa › san Metodio d'Olimpo
1. The Difficulty and Excellence of Virginity; The Study of Doctrine Necessary for Virgins 2. Marriage Not Abolished by the Commendation of Virginity 3. Passages of Holy Scripture Compared 4. The Necessity of Praising Virtue, for Those Who Have the Power 5. The Offering of Chastity a Great Gift 6. The Excellence of the Abiding Glory of Virginity; The Soul Made in the Image of the Image of God, that is of His Son; The Devil a Suitor for the Soul 7. What the True and Seemly Manner of Praising; The Father Greater Than the Son, Not in Substance, But in Order; Virginity the Lily; Faithful Souls and Virgins, the One Bride of the One Christ 8. Methodius' Derivation of the Word Virginity: Wholly Divine; Virtue, in Greek--ἀρετή, Whence So Called 9. Chastity the Chief Ornament of the True Tabernacle; Seven Days Appointed to the Jews for Celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles: What They Signify; The Sum of This Septenary Uncertain; Not Clear to Any One When the Consummation of the World Will Be; Even Now the Fabric of the World Completed 10. Chastity Alone Aids and Effects the Most Praiseworthy Government of the Soul 11. The True and Chaste Virgins Few; Chastity a Contest; Thekla Chief of Virgins
Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, A. Cleveland Coxe (eds.), Buffalo: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1885-1896. Public domain: English translation first published 1885-1900 (Ante-Nicene Fathers). Greek: First1KGreek transcription of public-domain editions, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Open Greek and Latin).