Socrates Scholasticus: source notes

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Doctrine T16

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T16 S1: Church History I.11

• Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/26011.htm (public-domain English translation)
• Text: “‘For all men,’ said he, ‘cannot bear the practice of rigid continence; neither perhaps would the chastity of the wife of each be preserved’: and he termed the intercourse of a man with his lawful wife chastity.”
• Context: Paphnutius at Nicaea.
• Bears on: T16.1
• Status: verified (English)