Widows: Specially Taken Care of by the Church

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Acts 6:1
And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
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1 Timothy 5:9
Let not a widow be taken into the number under three score years old, having been the wife of one man.
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Library

Period I: the Imperial State Church of the Undivided Empire, or ...
... disturbance might be examined and decided with all care. ... us that these letters having
been taken away, they ... These are things which specially affect Egypt and ...
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the Use of Humiliation
... of life and salvation; as if we had taken charge of ... He that provideth not for his
own, and specially for those ... that it may relieve them that are widows indeed ...
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Period iv. The Age of the Consolidation of the Church: 200 to 324 ...
... exorcists, readers, and janitors, and over fifteen hundred widows and persons ... is
provided for us that more abundant care should be taken for preserving ...
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Index of Subjects.
... and why men deny it, [461]526; specially for wicked ... 605]384; second marriage, excuses
of rich widows for, [606 ... give no just, [645]281; if taken unjustly, when ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/index of subjects.htm

God Seeks Intercessors
... It is specially so in the life of intercession, that ... He has taken them up into
partnership with Himself; He ... His Word He has spoken of the "widows indeed, who ...
/.../murray/the ministry of intercession/chapter xiv god seeks intercessors.htm

Article xxvii (xiii): of Monastic Vows.
... and children, but even life, to be taken from us ... Therefore Paul condemns widows,
not because they marry, for he ... provide not for his own, and specially for those ...
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Life at Herrnhut.
... of Jesus Christ there was something specially suitable to ... The married choir, the
widowers, the widows, the Single ... enough to learn, he had them taken from their ...
/.../hutton/history of the moravian church/chapter iv life at herrnhut.htm

Rom. viii. 12, 13
... a name from what seems to be specially an object of ... nor the pillars, but the bodies
of widows furnished with ... forth, and praise those who have taken care of them ...
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Book I.
... Who would grieve that a pledge specially entrusted to him ... whom so sweet an ornament
has been taken, so bright a ... For not without a purpose are the widows in the ...
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Christian Behavior
... 'If any man provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he
hath ... What care have they taken that thou mightest have wherewith to live ...
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Subtopics

Widows

Widows Remarrying

Widows were Clothed in Mourning After the Decease of Husbands

Widows were Frequently Oppressed and Persecuted

Widows were Released from all Obligation to Former Husbands

Widows were Under the Special Protection of God

Widows: A Desolate Condition

Widows: A Type of Zion in Affliction

Widows: Allowed to Marry Again

Widows: Blessings on Those Who Relieve

Widows: Character of True