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On the First Epistle to the Corinthians (fragment)
Pierius of Alexandria, ANF 6
Chapter 1
I.—A Fragment of a Work of Pierius on the First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians.1
Origen, Dionysius, Pierius, Eusebius of Cæsareia, 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
Notes
- This very brief quotation is preserved in Jerome’s Second Epistle to Pammachius.
- Latissime.
- 1 Cor. vii. 7.
- 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.]