If any persons who profess virginity shall disregard their profession, let them fulfill the term of digamists. And, moreover, we prohibit women who are virgins from living with men as sisters.
Digamy is defined as "a second marriage, after the death or divorce of the first husband or wife; deuterogamy."1 The early church largely discouraged remarriage after losing a spouse; promoting the blessings of living as a single person dedicated to the Lord rather than being concerned with a spouse (1 Cor 7:27-28).
For any who had bound themselves to celibacy (i.e., perpetual virginity) but turned back, they were to take the same place as digamists for a time, since they had figuratively already married God but now physically sought to marry another. And for any who declared their virginity, those of the opposite sex were not to live together as a brother and sister would. This was simply a matter of preventing temptation before it started.
1 digamy. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/digamy (accessed: December 13, 2010).
Digamy is defined as "a second marriage, after the death or divorce of the first husband or wife; deuterogamy."1 The early church largely discouraged remarriage after losing a spouse; promoting the blessings of living as a single person dedicated to the Lord rather than being concerned with a spouse (1 Cor 7:27-28).
For any who had bound themselves to celibacy (i.e., perpetual virginity) but turned back, they were to take the same place as digamists for a time, since they had figuratively already married God but now physically sought to marry another. And for any who declared their virginity, those of the opposite sex were not to live together as a brother and sister would. This was simply a matter of preventing temptation before it started.
1 digamy. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/digamy (accessed: December 13, 2010).
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