Вдовство
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They say about the turtledove that, being separated from her husband, she no longer tolerates communication with another, but spends a celibate life, in memory of her former spouse, refusing a new union. Hear, wives, how honorable it is to be widowed, and even the dumb prefer polygamy to indecency! (2)
A widow, if she still has bodily strength, must spend her life in care and diligence, remembering what was said and witnessed to the apostles about Chamois: in Joppa there was one disciple named Tabitha, which means “chamois”; she was full of good deeds and did much alms (Acts 9:36)(4).
A widow who has power over herself can reproachfully remain in cohabitation with her husband if no one dissolves this cohabitation, because the apostle said: if her husband dies, she is free to marry whomever she wants, only in the Lord (1 Cor. 7:39) (6).
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