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Morals
St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Chapter 73
That a husband must not separate from a wife, nor a wife from a husband, unless one party be taken in adultery or be hindered as regards godliness.
Cf. F. 12 where the reception of a married person into a monastery is regarded as desirable in certain circumstances. Neither in this case nor in that of adultery does B. contemplate remarriage, see next rule.
Mt. v. 31 ἐρρήθη for ἐρρέθη**, ἐάν for ἄν; 32 πᾶς ὁ ἀπολύων for ὃς ἐὰν ἀπολύσῃ K, μοιχᾶσθαι for μοιχευθῆναι K; Lk. xiv. 26 omit ἑαυτοῦ, δέ for τε K, εἶναι before μαθήτης; Mt. xix. 9; 1 Cor. vii. 10; 11.
That it is not lawful for the man that has put away his wife to marry another, nor for the woman that is put away from her husband to marry another.
Mt. xix. 9.
That husbands must love their wives with the love with which Christ loved the Church, giving Himself for her, that He might sanctify her.
Eph. v. 25 add ἑαυτῶν after γυναῖκας K, ἠγάπησε after ἐκκλησίαν**; 26; 28.
That wives should be subject to their own husbands, as also the Church is to Christ, thus doing the will of God.
Eph. v. 22 add ὑποτασσέσθωσαν; 23 add ὁ before ἀνήρ*, ἐστι after κεφαλή, add καί before and ἐστίν after αὐτός K; 24 ὥσπερ for ὡς K, add ἰδίοις K; Tit. ii. 4; 5.
That women should not be adorned with a view to beauty, but have all zeal and care for good works and think this the true adornment befitting Christian women.
1 Tim. ii. 9 ἢ χρυσῷ for καὶ χρυσίῳ K; 10.
That women should keep silence in church but inquire eagerly at home how to please God.
1 Cor. xiv. 34 add ὑμῶν K, ἐπιτέτραπται for ἐπιτρέπεται K, ὑποτάσσεσθαι for ὑποτασσέσθων K; 35; 1 Tim. ii. 11–13; 14 add ὁ before Ἀδάμ**; 15.