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tertullian_n s._n ambrose_n s._n jerome_n s._n austin_n cite_v by_o bellarmin_n 5._o only_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n expound_v the_o text_n of_o the_o apostle_n wife_n but_o add_v that_o be_v wife_n yet_o live_v continent_n and_o be_v in_o place_n of_o sister_n 99_o the_o six_o canon_n of_o the_o apostle_n only_a order_n that_o bishop_n and_o priest_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v not_o turn_v off_o their_o wife_n after_o priesthood_n leave_v they_o to_o the_o wide_a world_n without_o mean_n to_o subsist_v in_o a_o handsome_a way_n but_o rather_o to_o provide_v for_o they_o careful_o yet_o abstain_v from_o carnal_a acquaintance_n this_o sense_n be_v right_o deduce_v from_o the_o 27._o canon_n order_v thus_o praecipimus_fw-la we_o command_v that_o if_o any_o promote_v to_o the_o clergy_n will_v marry_v they_o be_v lector_n or_o singer_n only_o and_o the_o same_o be_v mean_v of_o lesser_a order_n again_o 100_o saint_n paul_n say_v 1_o timoth._n 3._o 2._o and_o tit._n 1._o 6._o 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