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The life of Saint Issa
17 “Just as the God of armies formerly separated the light from darkness and the land from waters, so woman possesses the divine talent to separate the good from evil intentions in man."
18 "Therefore I say unto you, after God your best thoughts should belong unto women and to your wives; she is the divine temple where you will obtain easily perfect happiness.”
19 Draw from this temple your moral force; there you will forget your troubles and your failures; there you will recover your wasted forces which are necessary in helping your neighbours."
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“Do not expose her to humiliations, for thereby you humiliate yourself and lose the sentiment of love, without which nothing exists here below."
21 "Protect your wife that she may protect you and all your family; all that you will do for your mother, your wife, for a widow or another woman in distress, you shall have done for your God.”
XIII
Holy Issa thus taught the people of Israel for three years in every town and village, on the highways and on the plains, and all that he predicted was realized.
During all this time the disguised servants of the Governor Pilate observed him closely without hearing anything resembling the reports formerly made against Issa by the rulers of the towns.
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