1 Timothy 3:7

• §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.

John Chrysostom

• John Chrysostom, Homilies on John Homily 8

  “What is “the judgment”?” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iii. 6, 7 (partially quoted).

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Leo the Great

• Leo the Great, Letters Letter 10

  “…one who is to be the priest of a church should be fortified, not only by the attestation of the faithful but also by the testimony of “those who are without,” and that no occasion for offence be left, when, in peace and in God-pleasing harmony with the full approval of all, one who will be a teacher of peace is…” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iii. 7.

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Jerome

• 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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Tertullian

• 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

• 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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• Titus 1:6

  Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 12.

• Titus 1:7

  Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 12.

• Titus 1:8

  Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 12.

• Leviticus 21:14

  Cited together in Letters Letter 10.

• Psalm 19:4

  Cited together in Letters Letter 10.

• Ezekiel 44:22

  Cited together in Letters Letter 10.

• Matthew 16:18

  Cited together in Letters Letter 10.

• John 21:15

  Cited together in Letters Letter 10.

• John 21:16

  Cited together in Letters Letter 10.

• John 21:17

  Cited together in Letters Letter 10.

• 1 Corinthians 14:25

  Cited together in Letters Letter 10.

• Ephesians 4:3

  Cited together in Letters Letter 10.

• Philippians 2:21

  Cited together in Letters Letter 10.