Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV And for this reason, Paul declares that the "unbelieving wife is sanctified by the believing husband."[311] Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III Nam quaham ratione dicit Paulus apostolus esse "sanctificatam mulierem a viro," aut "virum a muliere? "[54] non solum in pariendo, sed etiam in discendo. Jam "sancti sunt filii,"[147] usque ad illud: "Nunc autem sancta est."[228] Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul It was from this circumstance that the apostle said, that when either of the parents was sanctified, the children were holy; and this as much by the prerogative of the (Christian) seed as by the discipline of the institution (by baptism, and Christian education). "Else," says he, "were the children unclean" by birth:[264] Tertullian To His Wife Book II by the faith in (the state of) Gentile marriage are not defiled (thereby) for this reason, that, together with themselves, others[21] Cyprian Treatise II On the Dress of Virgins So both the virgin and the unmarried woman consider those things which are the Lord's, that they may be holy both in body and spirit."[17]