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On Virginity
Twenty-four chapters on Christian asceticism — Gregory's earliest extant work, framing virginity not as mere physical continence but as the soul's undivided ascent toward likeness with God.
Attributed to
St. Gregory of NyssaLinked passages
Genesis 3:16Colossians 3:11Daniel 7:10Ecclesiastes 1:4Ecclesiastes 4:9Ephesians 3:16Exodus 15:10Exodus 15:20Exodus 19:151 Corinthians 3:121 Corinthians 5:121 Corinthians 7:321 Corinthians 10:111 Peter 1:241 Timothy 2:151 Timothy 4:2Galatians 3:28Galatians 5:1Galatians 5:17Genesis 1:27Genesis 2:17Genesis 4:1Hebrews 13:16Isaiah 25:8John 8:34Luke 17:21Matthew 12:11Matthew 12:50Matthew 13:43Matthew 13:47-48Matthew 22:37Matthew 24:35Philippians 1:23Proverbs 4:6Proverbs 15:19Romans 6:132 Corinthians 4:22 Corinthians 4:162 Corinthians 5:42 Corinthians 5:162 Corinthians 6:62 Corinthians 6:72 Corinthians 6:142 Corinthians 12:42 Timothy 2:16Wisdom 1:4
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