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Pierus of Alexandria

A Fragment of a Work of Pierius on the First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians

I.—A Fragment of a Work of Pierius on the First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians. [1270]

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Origen, Dionysius, Pierius, Eusebius of Cæsareia, Didymus, and Apollinaris, have interpreted this epistle most copiously; [1271] 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, [1272] added this remark: In saying this, Paul, without disguise, preaches celibacy. [1273]