Leviticus 21:14 (WEB)
He shall not marry a widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute. He shall take a virgin of his own people as a wife.
Fathers and councils · 5
Jerome
“In the law also it is enjoined that thehigh priest must not marry any but a virgin, nor must he take to wife a widow.” — editor's note: Levit. xxi. 13, 14.
Read the whole comment“Let the bishops of Christ be bound to marry wives, who must be virgins.” — editor's note: Levit. xxi. 14.
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Leo the Great
“…wife,” and contrary to that precept of the ancient law which says by way of caution: “Let the priest take a virgin to wife, not a widow, not a divorced woman.”” — editor's note: Lev. xxi. 13, 14, cf. a letter of Innocent I. to Victricius, bishop of Rothomagus (Rouen) chap. v., ut mulierem (viduam) clericus non ducat uxorem: quia…
Read the whole comment“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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Tertullian
“There is a caution in Leviticus: “My priests shall not pluralize marriages.”” — editor's note: I cannot find any such passage. Oehler refers to Lev. xxi. 14, but neither the Septuagint nor the Vulgate has any such prohibition there.
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