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The Prophet Jeremiah, after Michelangelo, Giorgio Ghisi

2 Maccabees 9:27

Giorgio Ghisi, The Prophet Jeremiah, after Michelangelo, 1570s · Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0Giorgio Ghisi, The Prophet Jeremiah, after Michelangelo, 1570s, Metropolitan Museum of Art

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2 Maccabees 9:27 (WEB)

For I am persuaded that he in gentleness and kindness will follow my purpose and treat you with moderation and kindness.

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  • “Let those also who marry but once not reprobate those who have consented to a second marriage: for though continence is a noble and admirable thing, yet it is also permissible to enter upon a second marriage, that the weak may not fall into fornication.” — editor's note: The condemnation of a second marriage, which the Benedictine Editor and others import into this passage, is not to be found in it. τοὺς δευτέρῳ γάμῳ…

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