TextA−AA+Bookmarks0← Dogmatic Treatises, Ethical Works, and Sermons↑ Concerning VirginsBook I.Dogmatic Treatises, Ethical Works, and Sermons · Saint Ambrose of MilanAmb 7.14.1To Marcellina, His Sister.Amb 7.14.1← Chapter XII. It is very desirable that parents should encourage the desire for the virgin life, but more praiseworthy when the love of God draws a maiden even against their will. The violence of parents and the loss of property are not to be feared, and an instance of this is related by St. Ambrose.Chapter I. In this book St. Ambrose purposes to treat of the training of virgins, using examples rather than precepts, and explains why he does so in writing rather than by word of mouth. →