• γυναῖκας — SBLGNT
• γυναῖκας — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
• + ἑαυτῶν — Robinson-Pierpont

§616It is love "to the end"446 that confers on Christ's sacrifice its value as redemption and reparation, as atonement and satisfaction. He knew and loved us all when he offered his life.447 Now "the love of Christ controls us, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died."448 No man, not even the holiest, was ever able to take on himself the sins of …

§757"The Church, further, which is called 'that Jerusalem which is above' and 'our mother', is described as the spotless spouse of the spotless lamb. It is she whom Christ 'loved and for whom he delivered himself up that he might sanctify her.' It is she whom he unites to himself by an unbreakable alliance, and whom he constantly 'nourishes and cherishes.'"149 II. THE CHURCH'S ORIG…

§772It is in the Church that Christ fulfills and reveals his own mystery as the purpose of God's plan: "to unite all things in him."189 St. Paul calls the nuptial union of Christ and the Church "a great mystery." Because she is united to Christ as to her bridegroom, she becomes a mystery in her turn.190 Contemplating this mystery in her, Paul exclaims: "Christ in you, the hope of g…

Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210227.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…

2. Let the husband pay the wife the honor due to her: in like manner the wife the husband. Now what is the meaning of the due honor? The wife has not power over her own body; but is both the slave and the mistress of the husband. And if you decline the service which is due, you have offended God. But if you wish to withdraw yourself, it must be with the husband's permission, th…

Chapter 22.—Of the Conjugal Union as It Was Originally Instituted and Blessed by God. But we, for our part, have no manner of doubt that to increase and multiply and replenish the earth in virtue of the blessing of God, is a gift of marriage as God instituted it from the beginning before man sinned, when He created them male and female,—in other words, two sexes manifestly dist…

The catholic or universal Church, which is invisible, consists of the whole number of the elect that have been, are, or shall be gathered into one, under Christ the head thereof; and is the spouse, the body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all. The visible Church, which is also catholic or universal under the gospel, consists of all those throughout the world that profe…

Flee evil arts; but all the more discourse in public regarding them. Speak to my sisters, that they love the Lord, and be satisfied with their husbands both in the flesh and spirit. In like manner also, exhort my brethren, in the name of Jesus Christ, that they love their wives, even as the Lord the Church.

1. The Power of Harmony in Relation to Prayer. Again I say unto you that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them. Matthew 18:19 The word symphony is strictly applied to the harmonies of sounds in music. And there are indeed among musical sounds some accordant and others discordant. But the Evangelic Scripture is fam…

Is a sacrament a kind of sign? Is every sign of a sacred thing a sacrament? Is a sacrament a sign of one thing only, or of several? Is a sacrament a sign that is something sensible? Is some determinate sensible thing required for a sacrament? Is signification expressed by words necessary for a sacrament? Are determinate words required? May anything be added to or subtracted fro…

The Church is the whole company of the elect, known to God alone. The visible church contains both wheat and tares. No earthly power — not the Pope, not councils — stands above Scripture. The marks of the true Church are the faithful preaching of God's word and the right use of the sacraments as Christ instituted them.

Marriage was ordained by God in the time of man's innocency, and is therefore honourable among all men. The parties shall be admonished of their duties: the husband to love his wife as Christ loved the Church, the wife to submit to her husband as to the Lord, and both to bring up their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

This plan, arising out of God's eternal love for the elect, from the beginning of the world to the present time has been powerfully fulfilled and will also be fulfilled in the future, the gates of hell seeking vainly to prevail against it. As a result the elect are gathered into one, all in their own time, and there is always a church of believers founded on Christ's blood, a c…

Those who have the gift of celibacy from heaven, so that from the heart or with their whole soul they are pure and continent and are not aflame with desire, let them serve the Lord in that calling, as long as they shall feel endued with that divine gift; and let them not lift up themselves above others, but let them serve the Lord continuously in simplicity and humility. But th…

We believe that what is called, or rather is, the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, containeth generally all the faithful in Christ, those who, having already departed, are in the Church Triumphant, and those still living and militant on earth, the Church Militant. And since the Church Militant is composed of men, it is subject to have those in its communion who are stumbling…

Cyprian declares that one cannot have God as Father who does not have the Church as Mother. As there was no salvation outside Noah's ark, there is no salvation outside the one church. The church is the bride of Christ — He loved her and gave Himself for her. To separate from the church is to separate from Christ.