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Clement, indeed, whose words we have just quoted, after the
above-mentioned facts gives a statement, on account of those who
rejected marriage, of the apostles that had wives.
"Or will they," says he, "reject even the apostles? For Peter
and Philip begat children; and Philip also gave his daughters in
marriage. And Paul does not hesitate, in one of his epistles, to
greet his wife, whom he did not take about with him, that he might not
be inconvenienced in his ministry." And since we have mentioned this
subject it is not improper to subjoin another account which is given by
the same author and which is worth reading. In the seventh book of his
Stromata he writes as follows: "They say, accordingly, that when
the blessed Peter saw his own wife led out to die, he rejoiced because
of her summons and her return home, and called to her very
encouragingly and comfortingly, addressing her by name, and saying,
'Oh thou, remember the Lord.' Such was the marriage of the
blessed, and their perfect disposition toward those dearest to them."
This account being in keeping with the subject in hand, I have
related here in its proper place.
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