Exodus 22:17
If her father utterly refuse to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
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Whether any Gifts Should be Assigned as Dowry to the Blessed?
... dowry which he had a right to receive; or as a punishment on the bridegroom, that
he should out of his own possessions give a dowry to the virgin seduced by him ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether any gifts should be.htm

It is Very Desirable that Parents Should Encourage the Desire for ...
... that the zeal of parents, like favouring gales, should aid a virgin; but it is ... Parents
will refuse a dowry, but you have a wealthy Spouse, satisfied with Whose ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xii it is very.htm

St. Ambrose Exhorts Parents to Train their Children to virginity.. ...
... A virgin is the inseparable pledge of her parents, who neither troubles them for
a dowry, nor forsakes them, nor injures them in word or deed. [3191]. 33. ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter vii st ambrose exhorts.htm

Whether Seduction Should be Reckoned a Species of Lust?
... Hence it is written (Ex.22:16,17): "If a man seduce a virgin not yet ... father will
not give her to him, he shall give money according to the dowry, which virgins ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether seduction should be reckoned.htm

These Things Being Said by God, While the Trumpets Uttered their ...
... If any one defile a virgin not yet betrothed, he shall bestow a dowry on the girl,
and thus take her to wife; but, if the father of the girl shall refuse to ...
/.../life and writings of sulpitius severus /chapter xviii these things being.htm

The General Service to a Nun.
... shown him foolish in the most inglorious manner, being a virgin in thy ... the souls
unto the beneficial exertions in abstemiousness and hast as dowry brought them ...
/.../anonymous/the general menaion/chapter xxii the general service.htm

Justinus' Triad of Principles; his Angelography Founded on this ...
... girl in the legend of Herodotus, as far as the groin a virgin, and (in ... the power
belonging unto herself, Edem conferred upon Elohim as a sort of nuptial dowry. ...
/.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter xxi justinus triad of principles.htm

Saul Envies David for his Glorious Success, and Takes an Occasion ...
... him of his daughter's affection, that he would willingly give David the virgin in
marriage ... he said,""Tell him that I do not want any money nor dowry from him ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 10 saul envies david.htm

General Service to a Nun-Martyr.
... Bridegroom hath also received thee in the imperishable palace as virgin and martyr ...
burned all the enchantment, and unto the Bridegroom-Christ-as dowry hast thou ...
/.../anonymous/the general menaion/chapter xxiv general service to.htm

Mothers, Daughters, and Wives in Israel
... being at the time betrothed, but not actually married to the Virgin-mother ... These
stipulated the mutual obligations, the dowry, and all other points on which the ...
/.../edersheim/sketches of jewish social life/chapter 9 mothers daughters and.htm

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