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Greek

1466. egkrateia -- mastery, self-control
... egkrateia Phonetic Spelling: (eng-krat'-i-ah) Short Definition: self-mastery,
self-control Definition: self-mastery, self-restraint, self-control, continence. ...
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Library

On Continence
On Continence. <. On Continence St. Augustine. Rev. CL Cornish,
MA Table of Contents. Title Page. On Continence. Section ...
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Whether Continence is a virtue?
... OF CONTINENCE (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether continence is a virtue? Objection 1:
It would seem that continence is not a virtue. For species ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether continence is a virtue.htm

Whether the Subject of Continence is the Concupiscible Power?
... OF CONTINENCE (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether the subject of continence is the
concupiscible power? Objection 1: It would seem that the ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the subject of continence.htm

Of Continence (Four Articles)
... OF CONTINENCE (FOUR ARTICLES). We must next consider the potential parts
of temperance: (1) continence; (2) clemency; (3) modesty. ...
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Whether Continence is Better than Temperance?
... OF CONTINENCE (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether continence is better than temperance? Objection
1: It would seem that continence is better than temperance. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether continence is better than.htm

Of Continence. ...
... The Sixth Ecumenical Council. Canon III. Of Continence.� Of Continence.
Aurelius the bishop said: When at the past council the ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/canon iii of continence .htm

Continence of Christians.
... Chapter XXIX."Continence of Christians. And again [we fear to expose children],
lest some of them be not picked up, but die, and we become murderers. ...
/.../justin/the first apology of justin/chapter xxix continence of christians.htm

Whether Perpetual Continence is Required for Religious Perfection?
... OF THOSE THINGS IN WHICH THE RELIGIOUS STATE PROPERLY CONSISTS (TEN ARTICLES) Whether
perpetual continence is required for religious perfection? ...
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On Continence
On Continence. <. ... On Continence. [De Continentia.] Translated by Rev.
CL Cornish, MA, of Exeter College, Oxford. ST. Augustin ...
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Concerning Continence Also Itself Hath it not Been Most Openly ...
... Section 43. Concerning continence also itself hath it not been most openly
said� 43. Concerning continence also itself hath it ...
/.../augustine/of holy virginity /section 43 concerning continence also.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) Self-restraint of desires, appetites, passions.

Thesaurus

Continence (1 Occurrence)
...Continence (1 Occurrence). 1 Corinthians 7:9 and if they have not continence --
let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn; (YLT). ...
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Contest (7 Occurrences)

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Continency (1 Occurrence)

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Incontinency (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) Incapacity to hold; hence, incapacity to hold back or restrain; the quality
or state of being incontinent; want of continence; failure to restrain the ...
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Temperate (6 Occurrences)
... See also the treatises on ethics by Luthardt (both the Compendium and the History),
Martensen, Koestlin and Haring on temperance, asceticism, continence. ...
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Temperance (3 Occurrences)
... See also the treatises on ethics by Luthardt (both the Compendium and the History),
Martensen, Koestlin and Haring on temperance, asceticism, continence. ...
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Contain (19 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
4. (vi) To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity. Int. ...
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Apocryphal
... laxity which prevailed in sexual relations it is not surprising that the Christian
protest was exaggerated in many cases into a demand for complete continence. ...
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General (9 Occurrences)
... laxity which prevailed in sexual relations it is not surprising that the Christian
protest was exaggerated in many cases into a demand for complete continence. ...
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Acts (271 Occurrences)
... laxity which prevailed in sexual relations it is not surprising that the Christian
protest was exaggerated in many cases into a demand for complete continence. ...
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Bible Concordance

Continence (1 Occurrence)

1 Corinthians 7:9 and if they have not continence -- let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;
(YLT)

Subtopics

Continence

Continence: Boaz

Continence: General Scriptures Concerning

Continence: Joseph

Continence: Joseph, Husband of Mary

Continence: Paul

Continence: Uriah

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