Marriage and the church (Pürstinger, Berthold, Onvs Ecclesiae, Coloniae, 1531)
Text: " Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women ..." Daniel 11:37 "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry ..." 1 Timothy 4:1-3 Quote: XII § Tandem de moribus monialiu[m] peruersis, no[n] audeo, imò pudeo, quae suspicor, dicere, ne meis verbis quempia[m] virginu[m] deo dicatar[um] coetu[m] redda[m] suspectum, attamen, pro co[m]pletione huius capituli, istu[m] quoq[ue] gradu[m] paucis attingere conor. Sunt nanq[ue] nonnulla monialium monasteria, è quibus professas iuxta regulæ tenorem nunq[uae] exire vel quempia[m] introire decet, adeo propatula vt ip[s]a loca Veneris prostibulo sint similiora q[uae] dei sacrario: hinc procacitas, stupru[m], incestus mulier[um] sacratar[um], hinc quoq[ue] verend...