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‹ ANF05. Fathers of the Third Century: Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius, Novatian, Appendix That all widows that are approved are to be held in honour.

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That all widows that are approved are to be held in honour.

74. That all widows that are approved are to be held in honour.

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.”