On The Pallium
Tertullian's treatise on the philosopher's cloak (pallium), discussing his change from the Roman toga to this simpler garment and using it as an occasion to reflect on changes in custom, culture, and Christian distinctiveness.
8 Chapters
Table of Contents
1
Introductory Notice.
2
Chapter I.--Time Changes Nations' Dresses--and Fortunes.
3
Chapter II.--The Law of Change, or Mutation, Universal.
4
Chapter III.--Beasts Similarly Subject to the Law of Mutation.
5
Chapter IV.--Change Not Always Improvement.
6
Chapter V.--Virtues of the Mantle. It Pleads in Its Own Defence.
7
Chapter VI.--Further Distinctions, and Crowning Glory, of the Pallium.
8
Elucidations.