Epistle of Ignatius to Hero, a Deacon of Antioch "Honour widows that are widows indeed."[14] Tertullian Of Patience Further, if we set down in order the higher and happier grades of bodily patience, (we find that)it is she who is entrusted by holiness with the care of continence of the flesh: she keeps the widow,[145] Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews In the first Epistle of Paul to Timothy: "Honour widows which are truly widows. But the widow that is wanton, is dead while she liveth."[722]