Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book III "And none other," says the Lord, "can make the hair white or black."[26]

Tertullian On the Apparel of Women Book II

For, whatever is wont to be burned to the honour of the unclean spirit, that-unless it is applied for honest, and necessary, and salutary uses, for which God's creature was provided-may seem to be a sacrifice. But, however, God saith, "Which of you can make a white hair black, or out of a black a white? "[55]

Cyprian Treatise II On the Dress of Virgins

But are sincerity and truth preserved, when what is sincere is polluted by adulterous colours, and what is true is changed into a lie by the deceitful dyes of medicaments? Your Lord says, "Thou canst not make one hair white or black; "[35]

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