Bible Encyclopedia: Widows: should be Honored, If Widows Indeed

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1 Timothy v. 15-Nov
... Double that of the widows, or of the deacons, or simply ... literature, ought not the
latter to be honored above all ... the Church, that the rulers of it should be apt ...
/.../homily xv 1 timothy v.htm

Whether it is Lawful for Religious to Live on Alms?
... sufficient for them that are widows indeed." And Jerome ... and furthermore to being
honored by those ... wherein senators become laborers, laborers should become idle ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether it is lawful for 15.htm

To the Smyrnaeans
... He who pays the bishop honor has been honored by God. ... he is a model of what God's
ministry should be ... and children, and to the virgins enrolled with the widows. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/richardson/early christian fathers/to the smyrnaeans.htm

Acts xx. 32
... have done this, unless both the person honored and the ... we are anxious for is this,
that you should give at ... it may relieve them that are widows indeed, and that ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xlv acts xx 32.htm

To Polycarp
... repeated in this one to Polycarp, that the churches should send delegates ... 4 Widows
must not be neglected. ... he is lost; and if he is more highly honored than the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/richardson/early christian fathers/to polycarp.htm

Paul, the Teacher of Prayer
... about how men ought to pray, how business men should pray, and so ... They are to be
honored and their sorrow is divine. ... Here is Paul's description of such widows: ...
/.../bounds/prayer and praying men/xii paul the teacher of.htm

Rhodo and his Account of the Dissension of Marcion.
... 21, where it is directed that three widows shall be appointed, of whom two ... [1555]
This is a truly Christian sentiment, and Apelles should be honored for the ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter xiii rhodo and his account.htm

Treatise on the Priesthood. Book iii.
... suffer with it; or one member be honored, all the ... With widows, indeed, it has become
a common practice to trifle ... And if he should ever happen to visit more ...
/.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/treatise on the priesthood book 3.htm

Matt. xx. 29, 30
... not of the very rich, consider how many widows it succors ... He Himself put in thee
a soul, He honored with speech ... bond to thy child, so that he should have the ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily lxvi matt xx 29.htm

Titus i. 4-Jan
... would not that any ministers of the word should attend upon the tables of the widows,
but they ... For suppose a man honored with the Bishopric, and intrusted ...
/.../homily i titus i 4-jan.htm

Torrey's Topical Textbook

1 Timothy 5:3
Honor widows that are widows indeed.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

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