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I.--A Fragment of a Work of Pierius on the First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians. 1

Origen, Dionysius, Pierius, Eusebius of Caesareia, Didymus, and Apollinaris, have interpreted this epistle most copiously; 2 of whom Pierius, when he was expounding and unfolding the meaning of the apostle, and purposed to explain the words, For I would that all men were even as I myself, 3 added this remark: In saying this, Paul, without disguise, preaches celibacy. 4

  1. This very brief quotation is preserved in Jerome's Second Epistle to Pammachius. ↩

  2. Latissime. ↩

  3. 1 Cor. vii. 7. ↩

  4. Vol. iv. p. 243, edit. Benedictin. [No doubt he does, as did his Master, Christ, before him, and under the same limitations. Matt. xix. 12.] ↩

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