{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">Flee evil arts; but all the more\r\ndiscourse in public regarding them.\r\nSpeak to my sisters, that they love\r\nthe Lord, and be satisfied with\r\ntheir husbands both in the flesh\r\nand spirit. In like manner also,\r\nexhort my brethren, in the name\r\nof Jesus Christ, that they love\r\ntheir wives, even as the Lord the\r\nchurch. If any one can continue\r\nin a state of purity,<a id=\"r1351\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1351\"><sup>[1351]</sup></a> to the honour\r\nof the flesh of the Lord, let him so\r\nremain without boasting. If he\r\nshall boast, he is undone; and if\r\nhe seeks to be more prominent<a id=\"r1352\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1352\"><sup>[1352]</sup></a>\r\nthan the bishop, he is ruined. But\r\nit becomes both men and women\r\nwho marry, to form their union\r\nwith the approval of the bishop,\r\nthat their marriage may be according\r\nto the Lord, and not after their\r\nown lust. Let all things be done\r\nto the honour of God.<a id=\"r1353\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1353\"><sup>[1353]</sup></a></p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE EPISTLES OF IGNATIUS. (SHORTER AND LONGER.)","THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO POLYCARP.","Chap. v.—The duties of husbands and wives."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-578"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"13ce49f869c6207010f247b08f965a62c56b6204aa651653b6fda2ef4928eae5","edition_title":"The writings of the Apostolic Fathers","edition_translators":["Alexander Roberts","James Donaldson","Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1870,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg77576-f1351","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. Historical 1870 English edition; electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f1351","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1351\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1351\">1351</a>. </span><abbr class=\"spell\"><i>i.e.</i></abbr> in celibacy.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1351","text_sha256":"e57ad761d13aeaac5db9e8b420f5c596d960ae00a9519196aabb9d67f95ff510","verified":false,"work_id":null}