Anf-03 v.iv.ii.xxix Pg 12
Lev. xx. 10, 13, 15.
Now, if any limitation is set to marrying—such as the spiritual rule,2683 2683 Ratio.
which prescribes but one marriage under the Christian obedience,2684 2684 In fide. Tertullian uses (De Pud. 18) “ante fidem” as synonymous with ante baptismum; similarly “post fidem.”
maintained by the authority of the Paraclete,2685 2685 [Bad as this is, does it argue the lapse of our author as at this time complete?]
—it will be His prerogative to fix the limit Who had once been diffuse in His permission; His to gather, Who once scattered; His to cut down the tree, Who planted it; His to reap the harvest, Who sowed the seed; His to declare, “It remaineth that they who have wives be as though they had none,”2686 2686
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 18
VERSE (23) - Le 20:15,16 Ex 22:19
