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Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

Cyprian of Carthage

Book 3 · Introduction

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

In Tobias: “Take a wife from the seed

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of

thy

parents

,

and

take

not

a

strange

woman

who

is

not

of

the

tribe

of

thy

parents

.

”

Also

in

Genesis

,

Abraham

sends

his

servant

to

take

from

his

seed

Rebecca

,

for

his

son

Isaac

.

Also

in

Esdras

,

it

was

not

sufficient

for

God

when

the

Jews

were

laid

waste

,

unless

they

forsook

their

foreign

wives

,

with

the

children

also

whom

they

had

begotten

of

them

.

Also

in

the

first

Epistle

of

Paul

to

the

Corinthians

:

“

The

woman

is

bound

so

long

as

her

husband

liveth

;

but

if

he

die

,

she

is

freed

to

marry

whom

she

will

,

only

in

the

Lord

.

But

she

will

be

happier

if

she

abide

thus

.

”

And

again

:

“

Know

ye

not

that

your

bodies

are

the

members

of

Christ

?

Shall

I

take

the

members

of

Christ

,

and

make

them

the

members

of

an

harlot

?

Far

be

it

from

me

.

Or

know

ye

not

that

he

who

is

joined

together

with

an

harlot

is

one

body

?

for

two

shall

be

in

one

flesh

.

But

he

who

is

joined

to

the

Lord

is

one

spirit

.

”

Also

in

the

second

to

the

Corinthians

:

“

Be

not

joined

together

with

unbelievers

.

For

what

participation

is

there

between

righteousness

and

unrighteousness

?

or

what

communication

hath

light

with

darkness

?

”

Also

concerning

Solomon

in

the

third

book

of

Kings

:

“

And

foreign

wives

turned

away

his

heart

after

their

gods

.

”

Notes

1
Tob. iv. 12.
2
1 Cor. vii. 39, 40.
3
1 Cor. vi. 15–17.
4
2 Cor. vi. 14.
5
1 Kings xi. 4. [Surely this principle is important in teaching fathers and mothers how to guard the social relations of children.]