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1 Timothy 3:4 (WEB)
one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;

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§1577Article 6 · The Sacrament of Holy OrdersRead at vatican.va
“The Lord Jesus chose men (viri) to form the college of the twelve apostles, and the apostles did the same when they chose collaborators to succeed them in their ministry.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mk 3:14-19; Lk 6:12-16; 1 Tim 3:1-13; 2 Tim 1:6; Titus 1:5-9; St. Clement of Rome, Ad Cor. 42, 4; 44, 3: PG 1, 292-293; 300.

Gregory of Nyssa, Against Eunomius II.14Book II
“…the apostle bids servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and that those who are placed over the priesthood should have their children in subjection, as their disorderly conduct brings discredit upon their fathers, as in the case of the sons of Eli the priest.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iii. 4.
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Jerome, Against Jovinianus Book 1
“For he does not say: Let a bishop be chosen who marries one wife and begets children; but who marries one wife, and has his children in subjection and well disciplined.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iii. 2, 4; Tit. i. 6.
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Jerome, Letters Letter 69
“Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iii. 1–7.
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Jerome, Letters Letter 107
“We read of Eli the priest that he became displeasing to God on account of the sins of his children; and we are told that a man may not be made a bishop if his sons are loose and disorderly.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iii. 4.
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Tertullian, On Monogamy Chapter 12
“Come, now, you who think that an exceptional law of monogamy is made with reference to bishops, abandon withal your remaining disciplinary titles, which, together with monogamy, are ascribed to bishops.” — editor's note: See 1 Tim. iii. 1–7; Tit. i. 6–9.
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Ambrose of Milan, On the Duties of the Clergy I.50Book I
“And let them also first be proved, and so let them serve, being found blameless.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iii. 2–10.
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OrigenCatena Aurea on Luke
“(1 Tim. 3:4.)” — the author cites it
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Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies Book 3
“Quid ad has leges latas possunt dicere, qui sationem abhorrent et generationem? cure “episcopum” quoque, “qui domui recte præsit,” Ecclesiquoæ ducem constituat; domum autem Dominicam “imius mulieris” constituat conjugium.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iii. 2, 4; Tit. i. 6.
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