De Conjugio (Chadwick) n. 5

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5. Truly conjugial love is chastity itself

Celibacy in the heavens is not called chastity, nor is a young girl described as chaste, nor an unmarried woman, nor a virgin. But chaste is applied to a wife who loathes adultery. In the same way a husband who loathes adultery. For in heaven truly conjugial love is what is called chastity.


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