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a person should either remain as he was born, or be content with one marriage; for a second marriage is only a specious adultery
Athenagoras
Plea for the Christians (AD 177)Other Quotes from the Author & Topic
So that all who, by human law are twice married, are in the eye of our Master sinners, and those who look upon a woman to lust after her.First Apology
But if he put his wife away and marry another, he also commits adultery.Shepherd of Hermas, Commandments, 4 Chapter 1
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