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Second Pseudo-Clement

Pseudo-Clementine writer

Chapter 11

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Author: Pseudo-Clementine writer

Chapter XI.—Admonitory History of the Incestuous Children of David.

Hast thou not read concerning Amnon and Tamar, the

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children

of

David

?

This

Amnon

conceived

a

passion

for

his

sister

,

and

humbled

her

,

and

did

not

spare

her

,

because

he

longed

for

her

with

a

shameful

passion

;

and

he

proved

wicked

and

profligate

because

of

his

constant

intercourse

with

her

,

without

the

fear

of

God

,

and

he

“

wrought

uncleanness

in

Israel

.

”

Therefore

,

it

is

not

proper

for

us

,

nor

right

for

us

,

to

associate

with

sisters

,

indulging

in

laughter

and

looseness

;

but

we

ought

to

behave

towards

them

with

all

chasteness

and

purity

,

and

in

the

fear

of

the

Lord

.

Notes

1
Gen. xxxiv. 7.