Amos 2:7

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That trample on the dust of the earth which is on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maiden, to defile my holy name:

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Basil the Great

AD 379

The example of the patriarch seemed injurious to many who indulged their flesh so far as to live with sisters in their lifetime. What ought to be my course? To quote the Scriptures, or to work out what they leave unsaid? In the Pentateuch, it is not written that a father and son ought not to have the same concubine, but in the prophet, it is thought deserving of the most extreme condemnation. “A man and his father,” it is said, “will go in unto the same maid.” It makes one reflect upon how many other forms of unclean lust have been found out in the devil’s school, while divine Scripture remains silent about them, not choosing to befoul its dignity with the names of filthy things and condemning their uncleanness in general terms! Recall that the apostle Paul says, “Fornication and all uncleanness … let it not be one named among you as become saints.” This includes the unspeakable doings of both males and females under the name of uncleanness. It follows that silence certainly does not g... Read More

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Basil the Great

AD 379

a man and his father go in to the same maiden: In these laws it is not written that a father and son ought not to have the same concubine, but, in the prophet, it is thought deserving of the most extreme condemnation, “A man and his father” it is said “will go in unto the same maid.” And how many other forms of unclean lust have been found out in the devils’ school, while divine scripture is silent about them, not choosing to befoul its dignity with the names of filthy things and condemning their uncleanness in general terms! As the apostle Paul says, “Fornication and all uncleanness…let it not be once named among you as becometh saints,”Eph. v. 3. thus including the unspeakable doings of both males and females under the name of uncleanness. It follows that silence certainly does not give license to voluptuaries.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Humble, provoking him to anger. Name. Such incests caused infidels to blaspheme, Leviticus xviii. 8. (Calmet) They must be punished with severity. (Worthington)

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