1 Timothy 4:3
Douay-Rheims
Forbidding to marry, to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving by the faithful, and by them that have known the truth.
Tertullian
The apostle set a brand upon those who were inclined entirely to forbid marriage and who were determined to lay an interdict on meats which God has created. We, however, do not do away with marriage if we disavow its repetition, nor do we condemn meats if we fast oftener than others. It is one thing to regulate but another thing to do away with altogether.
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A.D. 220 · on 1Tim 4:3 (ON MONOGAMY 15)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.