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Marriage and the church (Saint Bridget; White, A Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere to Certain Questions, 1624)

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Text: " Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women ..." Daniel 11:37 "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;  Forbidding to marry ..." 1 Timothy 4:1-3 Quote: [...] Few of them ( out alas ) live continently. And S. Bridget the Nunne in her Revelation saith g , Not one among a hundred. And the same Bridget speaking of Nunnes, saith h , Talia loca similiora sunt Lupanaribus, quam Sanctis Cellis ; Such places are more like Brothelhouses and common Stewes, than holy Cells. [...] (g) Revel. Bridg.  l.6. c.35. Paucissimi inueniuntur alij & tam pauci ut vix unus teperitur in centum. (h) Lib. 4. c.33. Portæ indifferenter Clericis & Laicis quibus placet sororibus introitum dare etiam in ipsis noctibus...

Marriage and the church (Brigitte, Sainte, Revelationes Sanctae Birgittae, 1500)

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Text: " Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women ..." Daniel 11:37 "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;  Forbidding to marry ..." 1 Timothy 4:1-3 Quote: [...] In eo porte indifferenter clericis et laycis: quibus placet sororibus introitum dare: etiam in ipsis noctibus sunt apertæ. Et ideo talia loca similiora sunt lupanaribus: quàm sanctis claustris. Brigitte, Sainte, Revelationes Sanctae Birgittae , Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, at the instigation of Emperor Maximilian I, [21. IX. 1500]. , liber quartus, caput XXXIII . Online Source:   digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/ib00688000 Book Images:

Marriage and the church (Day, Monastic institutions, 2nd ed., 1846)

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Text: " Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women ..." Daniel 11:37 "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;  Forbidding to marry ..." 1 Timothy 4:1-3 Quote:    "The doors through which the sisters are pleased to afford an entrance to clergymen and laymen, are open even at night; and therefore such places resemble rather houses of bad fame than holy cloisters!"*    * Portæ indifferenter clericis et laicis quibus placet sororibus introitum dare, etiam in ipsis noctibus sunt apertæ. Et ideò talia loca similiora lupanaribus quàm sanctis claustris. Rev. S. Bir. lib. iv. c. 33. Day, Samuel Phillips, Monastic institutions: their origin, progress, nature, and tendency , 2nd ed., London: James Ni...