Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume VIII/Two Epistles Concerning Virginity/Second Pseudo-Clement/Chapter 11

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159585Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII, Two Epistles Concerning Virginity, Second Pseudo-Clement — Chapter 11Benjamin Plummer PrattenClement of Rome

Chapter XI.—Admonitory History of the Incestuous Children of David.

Hast thou not read concerning Amnon and Tamar, the children of David?  This Amnon conceived a passion for his sister, and humbled her, and did not spare her, because he longed for her with a shameful passion; and he proved wicked and profligate because of his constant intercourse with her, without the fear of God, and he “wrought uncleanness in Israel.”[1]  Therefore, it is not proper for us, nor right for us, to associate with sisters, indulging in laughter and looseness; but we ought to behave towards them with all chasteness and purity, and in the fear of the Lord.


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  1. ↑ Gen. xxxiv. 7.
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