A Short History of Women's Rights / From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions.

by Eugene A. Hecker

Quaest. ex vet. Test., 45; Migne, vol. 35, p. 2244.

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E.g., Tertullian, de virg. vel., 9. St. Paul of Nolan, letter 23, § 135—Migne, 61, p. 273. Id., letter 26, vol. 61, p. 732 of Migne. Cf. Augustine, letter 262, § 5—Migne, 33, p. 1079.

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Basilius, ad Amphil., c.42: Matrimonia sine iis, qui potestatem habent, fornicationes sunt.

Ambrose says: Honorantur parentes Rebeccae muneribus, consulitur puella non de sponsalibus, illa enim expectat iudicium parentum; non est enim virginalis pudoris eligere maritum.

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