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Ante-Nicene Fathers — American Roberts / Donaldson / Coxe edition, Volume VII · Constitutions of the Holy Apostles — unspecified — eng
XXIV. I, the same, make a constitution in regard to virgins: A virgin is not ordained, for we have no such command from the Lord; for this is a state of voluntary trial, not for the reproach of marriage, but on account of leisure for piety.
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