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]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III

non solum in pariendo, sed etiam in discendo. Jam "sancti sunt filii,"[147]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III

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]

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