letter

Letter to a Young Widow

Pastoral letter consoling a young widow and counseling her against remarriage — a window into the early Christian theology of widowhood as a vocation.

c. 380

Attributed to

St. John Chrysostom

Source collection

New Advent (newadvent.org/fathers)

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Linked passages

1 Corinthians 7:401 Timothy 5:61 Timothy 5:91 Timothy 5:101 Timothy 5:11Hosea 6:2Isaiah 40:5Philippians 1:332 Corinthians 1:32 Corinthians 13:3Sirach 2:10Sirach 11:5Sirach 18:26

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