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Book VIII. Concerning Gifts, and Ordinations, and the Ecclesiastical Canons.

XXIV. The Same Apostle's Constitution Concerning Virgins.

I, the same, make a constitution in regard to virgins: A virgin is not ordained, for we have no such command from the Lord;1 for this is a state of voluntary trial, not for the reproach of marriage, but on account of leisure for piety.

  1. 1 Cor. vii. 25. ↩

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Apostolische Konstitutionen und Kanones Compare
Constitutions of the Holy Apostles

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