CONTENTS Author’s Preface .................................................................................................... 4 Acknowledgment .................................................................................................. 7 First Correspondence The Veil.................................................................................................................... 8 Female Dignity and the Veil........................................................................... 10 The Pauline Precept........................................................................................ 13 Weddings ........................................................................................................ 16 The Fundamental Integration of Body and Soul . ........................................ 18 Second Correspondence Original Sin: The Spanner in the Works.............................................. 24 Original Sin.................................................................................................... 28 Concupiscence ............................................................................................... 30 Modesty the Guardian of Chastity ............................................................... 33 Modesty as Virtue and Fruit......................................................................... 36 Modesty and the Mutual Attraction of the Sexes ........................................ 38 Modesty as a Check for Curiosity and Custody of the Senses ..................... 42 Modesty in Words ......................................................................................... 45 Modesty in Behaviour ................................................................................... 47 The Sin of Immodesty ................................................................................... 48 Third Correspondence Modesty in the Context of Modern Culture ....................................... 52 Fashions in History ...................................................................................... 54 Fashions That Offend God ............................................................................ 55 An Out of Place Objection ............................................................................. 59 2
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