QUESTION 152

OF VIRGINITY

(In Five Articles)

We must now consider virginity: and under this head there are five

points of inquiry:

(1) In what does virginity consist?

(2) Whether it is lawful?

(3) Whether it is a virtue?

(4) Of its excellence in comparison with marriage;

(5) Of its excellence in comparison with the other virtues.

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