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    Does the "husband of one wife" requirement mean that polygamy was common in the early church?

    Matthew 10 English Standard Version The Twelve Apostles 10 And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction. 2 The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter...
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    Does the "husband of one wife" requirement mean that polygamy was common in the early church?

    https://biblicalmissiology.org/blog/category/theology-and-islamics/ SURAH REFERENCE 2:87 We gave Jesus the son of Mary Clear (Signs) and strengthened him with the holy spirit. 2:136 We believe in Allah, and the revelation given to us, and to Abraham, Isma’il, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and...
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    Does the "husband of one wife" requirement mean that polygamy was common in the early church?

    (4:171) People of the Book! Do not exceed the limits in your religion, and attribute to Allah nothing except the truth. The Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, was only a Messenger of Allah, and His command that He conveyed unto Mary, and a spirit from Him (which led to Mary's conception). Quran 4:157...
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    Does the "husband of one wife" requirement mean that polygamy was common in the early church?

    Luke 1:35 Easy-to-Read Version 35 The angel said to Mary, “The Holy Spirit will come to you, and the power of the Most High God will cover you. The baby will be holy and will be called the Son of God. Right God does not have sexusal relations.
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    Does the "husband of one wife" requirement mean that polygamy was common in the early church?

    [He is] Originator of the heavens and the earth. How could He have a son when He does not have a companion and He created all things? And He is, of all things, Knowing. https://myislam.org/quran-verses/allah-has-no-son/
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    Does the "husband of one wife" requirement mean that polygamy was common in the early church?

    Bill Loader Two Views on Homosexuality, the Bible, and the Church, co-authored with Megan K. DeFranza, Wesley Hill, and Stephen R. Holmes (Counterpoints; ed. Preston Sprinkle (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2016)) Jesus in John's Gospel: Structure and Issues in Johannine Christology (Grand Rapids...
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    Does the "husband of one wife" requirement mean that polygamy was common in the early church?

    (15) "On the Numerous Progeny of the Ancients". This work is referred to by Eusebius twice, in the "Præp. Ev.", VII, 8, and in the "Dem. Ev.", VII, 8; and also (Lightfoot and Harnack think) by St. Basil (On the Holy Spirit 29), where he says, "I draw attention to his [Eusebius's] words in...
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    Does the "husband of one wife" requirement mean that polygamy was common in the early church?

    please prove Jews practiced polygamy for another thousand years after the biblical era using primary sources. I do not htink that claim holds water.
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    Does the "husband of one wife" requirement mean that polygamy was common in the early church?

    In the end, my Father had around 17 wives, it was a nightmare. He was murdered going after number 18.
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    Does the "husband of one wife" requirement mean that polygamy was common in the early church?

    https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/90888/did-the-early-church-fathers-condemn-polygamy historical setting: 1. Polygamy was NOT practiced in Greek and Roman societies of the time: "Even though we may find numerous traces of polygamy and polyandry in the Gk. myths, monogamy...
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    Does the "husband of one wife" requirement mean that polygamy was common in the early church?

    But it is the same man and Lord who makes the old new, by no longer allowing several marriages (for at that time God required it when men had to increase and multiply), and by teaching single marriage for the sake of begetting children and looking after domestic affairs, for which purpose woman...
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    Does the "husband of one wife" requirement mean that polygamy was common in the early church?

    https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/90888/did-the-early-church-fathers-condemn-polygamy 1 Timothy 3:2: the claaim that it was common in early church must be documented by primary sources. And sitting each under his vine, i.e., each man possessing his own married wife. For you are...
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    Does the "husband of one wife" requirement mean that polygamy was common in the early church?

    please prove from primary sources alone -- Polygamy was common in the early church.
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    Does the "husband of one wife" requirement mean that polygamy was common in the early church?

    when examples of many wives in scripture, things goes really bad like following false gods.
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    Does the "husband of one wife" requirement mean that polygamy was common in the early church?

    Matthew 19:5 And God said, ‘That is why a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife. And the two people will become one.’