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Cyprian
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Introductory Notice to Cyprian.
44. That believers who differ among themselves ought not to refer to a Gentile judge.
[4419] [The oath on the Bible in our courts, and other Christian forms, are important in Christian morals, as bearing upon our right to seek redress at the law, while it is Christian law.]
[4422] Some read“ exspectamus,” “we wait for it.”
46. That a woman ought to be silent in the church.
[4424] 1 Cor. xiv. 34, 35. [Women might have spiritual gifts, like the daughters of Philip, Acts xxi. 9; but even such are here forbidden to use them in the public worship of the Church.]
48. That we must not take usury.
[4429] The Oxford edition has “the fourteenth.” [Elucidation XIII.]
49. That even our enemies must be loved.
50. That the sacrament of faith must not be profaned.
51. That no one should be uplifted in his labour.
[4437] [Hab. i. 16; Ps. cxxxi. 1.]
[4438] Ecclesiasticus 10.26.
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