Cyprian of Carthage
That all widows that are approved are to be held in honour.
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74. That all widows that are approved are to be held in honour.
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In the first Epistle of Paul to Timothy: “Honour widows which are truly widows. But the widow that is wanton, is dead while she liveth.” And again: “But the younger widows pass by: for when they shall be wanton in Christ, they wish to marry; having judgment, because they have cast off their first faith.”
Translated by ANF editors. Edition ccel.anf05.iv-v.en.