The Catechism of Perseverance: An Historical, Dogmatical, Moral, Liturgical, Apologetical, Philosophical, and Social Exposition of Religion From the Beginning of the World Down to Our Own Days (Vol. 3, 2nd Ed.)

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cf. [this pamphlet on modesty and not following the fashions](https://isidore.co/calibre#panel=book_details&book_id=6491):“ *The admirable purity of our ancestors appeared in their exterior. Nothing was more striking than the contrast between Christian and pagan women in this respect.* ” Monsignor Gaume, [The Catechism of Perseverence, Vol. III, p. 78](https://archive.org/details/TheCatechismOfPerseveranceV3ed2/page/n85/mode/2up) [ **DjVu p. 87** ]. Dublin: M. H. Gill & Sons, Ltd., 1906.cf. [this book on Rome's vestal virgins](https://isidore.co/calibre#panel=book_details&book_id=6959)Monsignor Gaume, [*The Catechism of Perseverance* , Vol. III, pp. 77-8](https://archive.org/details/TheCatechismOfPerseveranceV3ed2/page/n85/mode/2up) [ **DjVu pp. 86-7** ]. Dublin: M. H. Gill & Sons, Ltd., 1906.> "What women there are among the Christians!" they cried out in the transports of their admiration. The young society had such a tender love for purity and continence, that a great many persons consecrated their virginity to God. How miraculous! Augustus could scarcely find six vestals¹ in all Rome; and behold, there are thousands of virgins flourishing like spotless lilies in the little field of the Church!> 1\. The vestals were heathen virgins, consecrated to the worship of the Goddess Vesta: they might marry at the age of thirty years. There were only six of them. Out of this small number we count, during the period of their reign, which was about a thousand years, seventeen who were condemned to death for having broken their vow. A much greater number were suspected of having done the same, so true it is that purity is a virtue which grows only in the soil of the true religion.