MONOGAMOUS • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Monogamous

... already there is the same divided opinion as to marriage, whereby, on the one hand, it was regarded as a concession to weakness, a necessary evil, and, on the other, a high and holy relation, strictly monogamous, and of abiding worth. The propitiatory and meritorious character of fasts and almsgiving as laid down by Tertullian was developed even further by Cyprian and became a permanent element in the penitential system of the Church, ultimately affecting ...

— A Source Book for Ancient Church History • Joseph Cullen Ayer, Jr., Ph.D.