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Portrait of Origen Origen,  Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. IX, Origen on Matthew… (1885)

“ And it is God who has joined together the two in one so that they are no more twain, from the time that [16] the woman is married to the man. And, since God has joined them together, on this account in the case of those who are joined together by God, there is a “gift”; and Paul knowing this, that marriage according to the Word of God was a “gift,” like as holy celibacy was a gift, says, “But I would that all men were like myself; howbeit, each man hath his own gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that.” ”
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Portrait of Origen Origen,  Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. IX, Origen on Matthew… (1885)

“ And I think that the Pharisees put forward this word for this reason, that they might attack Him whatever He might say; as, for example, if He had said, “It is lawful,” they would have accused Him of dissolving marriages for trifles; but, if He had said, “It is not lawful,” they would have accused Him of permitting a man to dwell with a woman, even with sins ”
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