Letter and Response

Holiness in Marriage and Single Life acknowledging the folly of marrying on account of the earthly troubles: "What a fool is he who takes a wife." says the world, and it is certainly true. And many learned scholars have decided that a wise man should not take a wife. even if she were wisdom personified. This, too, is true and well said, for those who believe that there is no life after this one (as such people do) act almost wisely in falling back on free fornication and not tying themselves to...