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The writings of the Apostolic Fathers

Chap. ix.—Duties of husbands, wives, parents, and children.

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Let the husbands love their wives, remembering that, at the creation, one woman, and not many, was given to one man. Let the wives honour their husbands, as their own flesh; and let them not presume to address them by their names.[1886] Let them also be chaste, reckoning their husbands as their only partners, to whom indeed they have been united according to the will of God. Ye parents, impart a holy training to your children. Ye children, “honour your parents, that it may be well with you.”[1887]

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The writings of the Apostolic Fathers, Project Gutenberg eBook #77576

Chap. viii.—Exhortations to the presbyters and others. Chap. x.—Duties of masters and servants.