NT References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

Matthew 5:32

Shepherd of Hermas Commandment Fourth " And I said to him, "What then, sir, is the husband to do, if his wife continue in her vicious practices? "And he said, "The husband should put her away, and remain by himself. But if he put his wife away and marry another, he also commits adultery."[3]

Theophilus to Autolycus Book III "And he that marrieth," says [the Gospel], "her that is divorced from her husband, committeth adultery; and whosoever putteth away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery."[26]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book II "He that taketh a woman that has been put away," it is said, "committeth adultery; and if one puts away his wife, he makes her an adulteress,"[279]

Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

For in the Gospel of Matthew he says, "Whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery."[1343]

Tertullian On Monogamy " But another reason, too, conspires; nay, not another, but (one)which imposed the law of "the beginning," and moved the will of God to prohibit divorce: the fact that (he)who shall have dismissed his wife, except on the ground of adultery, makes her commit adultery; and (he) who shall have married a (woman) dismissed by her husband, of course commits adultery.[78]

Tertullian On Modesty

Meantime withal, while prohibiting divorce, he uses the Lord's precept against adultery as an instrument for providing, in place of divorce, either perseverance in widowhood, or else a reconciliation of peace: inasmuch as "whoever shall have dismissed a wife (for any cause) except the cause of adultery, maketh her commit adultery; and he who marrieth one dismissed by a husband committeth adultery."[179]

Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes

But I shall also offer, to the best of my ability, some expositions of the other words referred to; that is to say, I shall show that Jesus neither said nor did aught that was contrary to Moses. And first, as to the word, "An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth,"[461]

Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XIV

But perhaps some Jewish man of those who dare to oppose the teaching of our Saviour will say,that when Jesus said, "Whosoever shall put away his own wife, saving for the cause of fornication,maketh her an adulteress,"[192]

Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XIV

After this our Saviour says,not at all permitting the dissolution of marriages for any other sin than fornication alone, whendetected in the wife, "Whosoever shall but away his own wife, saving for the cause of fornication,maketh her an adulteress."[195]

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