ρωπος ἄνθρωπος πρὸς πάντα οἰκεῖον σαρκὸς αὐτοῦ οὐ προσελεύσεται ἀποκαλύψαι ἀσχημοσύνην· ἐγὼ κύριος“ (Lev. 18,6). πῶς ἄν τις προτρέψαιτο μᾶλλον σαρκὸς καὶ τῶν σαρκὸς οἰκείων καταφρονεῖν ἢ τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον; καίτοι οὐκ ἀποτρέπει μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ παγίως ἀποφαίνεται, ὅτι ὁ πρὸς ἀλήθει…

person unfit for that office; hence near relations are debarred from intermarriage, as is written ( Lev. 18:6 ). Therefore woman should not have been made from man. On the contrary, It is written ( Ecclus. 17:5 ): "He created of him," that is, out of man, "a helpmate like to hims…

Dedecus enim semper visum fuit semine commisceri jam sanguine commistos. Idcirco Dominus per Moysen Levit. XVIII, 6, inhibet, Omnis homo ad proximam sanguinis sui non accedat, ut revelet turpitudinem ejus. Et quidem aliquando ad septimum usque gradum inhibitio extendebatur, ut p…