Bible Encyclopedia: Church Mothers

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Post-Nicene Mothers
... thereby rendered themselves far more pleasing to God than were their mothers and
married ... Very early there sprang up among the celibates of the Church a fashion ...
/.../brittain/women of early christianity/v post-nicene mothers.htm

The Church.
... Nor is this cup so bitter but that our Lord himself drank deep of it, before it
was handed to his church. He did, as loving mothers do, drink thereof himself ...
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God's Jewels.
... O mothers, pray as Monica prayed for Augustine, if you would have your children ... up
as Christian children; by having them taught to love the Church of their ...
/.../the life of duty a years plain sermons v 2/sermon lxiii gods jewels.htm

Grief of the Faithful at the Admission of Idol-Makers into the ...
... from idols into the Church; should come from an adversary workshop into the house
of God; should raise to God the Father hands which are the mothers of idols ...
/.../tertullian/on idolatry/chapter vii grief of the faithful.htm

God's Tender Care of his Church. Isa. 49:13Ff.
... CM God's tender care of his church. Isa.49:13ff. ... "Yet," saith the Lord, "should nature
change,. And mothers monsters prove,. Zion still dwells upon the heart. ...
/.../watts/the psalms and hymns of isaac watts/hymn 39 gods tender care.htm

God's Tender Care of his Church, Isa. 13 &C.
... God's tender care of his church, Isa. 13 &c. ... 5 "Yet (saith the Lord) should nature
change, "And mothers monsters prove, "Sion still dwells upon the heart "Of ...
/.../watts/hymns and spiritual songs/hymn 1 39 gods tender care.htm

Mothers, Daughters, and Wives in Israel
... Later on, the constant mention of queen mothers, and their frequent interference
in the ... ministry of woman to our blessed Lord, and in the Church, has almost ...
/.../edersheim/sketches of jewish social life/chapter 9 mothers daughters and.htm

The Life of St. Silvester.
... Then he commanded to render and deliver again to the mothers their children, and
gave ... And then he ordained seven laws unto holy church, the first was that all ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/the life of st silvester.htm

Resolves to Go to College. Friends Oppose. Wife Decides It. Hard ...
... The church promised me no specified amount for my preaching, and, as is frequently ...
of those young ladies in all parts of the country, mothers of interesting ...
/.../chapter viii resolves to go.htm

Her virginity Also Itself was on this Account More Pleasing and ...
... virgin: both the mother of Christ, and a virgin of Christ; but the Church, in the ...
they do the will of the Father, are after a spiritual sense mothers of Christ ...
/.../augustine/of holy virginity /section 4 her virginity also.htm

Topical Bible Verses

1 Timothy 2:11-15
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
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Titus 2:3-5
The aged women likewise, that they be in behavior as becomes holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
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Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
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1 Corinthians 14:34
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted to them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also said the law.
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