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Portrait of Tertullian Tertullian Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. IV, Tertullian… (1885)

Every husband is the exactor of chastity; but beauty, a believing (husband) does not require, because we are not captivated by the same graces [4] which the Gentiles think (to be) graces: [5] an unbelieving one, on the other hand, even regards with suspicion, just from that infamous opinion of us which the Gentiles have. For whom, then, is it that you cherish your beauty? If for a believer, he does not exact it: if for an unbeliever, he does not believe in it unless it be artless. [6] Why are you eager to please either one who is suspicious, or else one who desires it not?
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