Pseudo-Patrick, Second Synod of St. Patrick, Can. 23
Written 7th century CE in Ireland.
Source: Bieler, Ludwig, ed. The Irish Penitentials, p. 193-194. Scriptores Latini Hiberniae Vol. 5. DIAS, Dublin, 1963.
XXIII. OF TAKING AN OATH
Swear not at all: the lection beginning with these words teaches that no other creature is to be sworn by, but only the creator, as is the custom of the prophets: The Lord liveth, and my soul liveth, and The Lord liveth in whose sight I stand to-day. Yet: The end of all controversy is the oath, but ‹in› the Lord; for by all that a man loves, by this does he make oath.
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