His admirable book "On Virginity", written about 370, was composed to strengthen in all who read it the desire for a life of perfect virtue.

By : Gregory of Nyssa (c 335 - c 395),Translated by William Moore and Henry Austin Wilson (1854 - 1927)

01 - Chapters 1 - 4. Excellencies of virginity

02 - Chapters 5 - 11. Fittingness of virginity for divine contemplation