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What the Fathers say

Malachi 2:11

Western Saints

Jerome

And if you wish to see more clearly how utterly unlawful it is for a Christian woman to marry a Gentile, consider what the same apostle says, "A wife is bound for so long time as her husband lives. But if the husband be dead, she is freed to be married to whom she will, only in the Lord," that is, to a Christian. The one who allows second and third marriages in the Lord forbids first marriages with a Gentile. …

Against Jovinianus 1.10 ↗