Athenagoras A Plea for the Christians For we bestow our attention; not on the study of words, but on the exhibition and teaching of actions,-that a person should either remain as he was born, or be content with one marriage; for a second marriage is only a specious adultery.[129] Tertullian On the Veiling of Virgins : a seat to which , when he would not grant a widow admittance into the order unless she had been "the wife of one man; "[82] Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book III Choose your "widows not under sixty years of age,"[1] Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book VI Let the deaconess be a pure virgin; or, at the least, a widow who has been but once married, faithful, and well esteemed.[88] Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XIV Yea, and also whenappointing widows, he says, "Let there be no one as a widow under threescore years old, having beenthe wife of one man; "[182]