Ezekiel 44:22

Jerome

• Jerome, Against Jovinianus Book 1

  “If a virgin and a widow are on the same level, how is it that one is taken, the other rejected?And the widow of a priest is bidden abide in the house of her father, and not to contract a second marriage.If the sister of a priest dies in virginity, just as…” — editor's note: The reference is, probably, to Levit. xxii. 13. But the second marriage is not there prohibited, and in the ideal polity of Ezekiel (xliv. 22) a priest might…

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Leo the Great

• Leo the Great, Letters Letter 10

  “Now this rule we, maintaining the legal constitutions, have wished scrupulously adhered to, not only in respect of priests but also of clergy of the lower ranks: that those who have contracted such a marriage, or…” — editor's note: Servantes legalia constituta, these are taken to be not so much the canons of the Church as the provisions of the Mosaic Law, e.g. Lev. xxi. 14; Ezek. xliv. 22.

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• Matthew 16:18

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• John 21:15

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• John 21:16

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• John 21:17

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• 1 Corinthians 14:25

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• Ephesians 4:3

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• Philippians 2:21

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• 1 Timothy 3:7

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• Leviticus 21:14

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• Psalm 19:4

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