Codex: Clement of Rome
Book: First Epistle on Virginity
Divinity of Virginity.
6:1 The womb of a holy virgin carried our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God; and the body which our Lord wore, and in which He carried on the conflict in this world, He put on from a holy virgin.
6:2 From this, therefore, understand the greatness and dignity of virginity.
6:3 Do you wish to be a Christian? Imitate Christ in everything.
6:4 John, the ambassador, he who came before our Lord, he "than whom there was not a greater among those born of women," the holy messenger of our Lord, was a virgin. 1 xrefs
6:5 Imitate, therefore, the ambassador of our Lord, and be his follower in every thing.
6:6 That John, again, who "reclined on the bosom of our Lord, and whom He greatly loved," — he, too, was a holy person. 1 xrefs
6:7 For it was not without reason that our Lord loved him.
6:8 Paul, also, and Barnabas, and Timothy, with all the others, "whose names are written in the book of life," — 1 xrefs
6:9 these, I say, all cherished and loved sanctity, and ran in the contest, and finished their course without blemish, as imitators of Christ, and as sons of the living God.
6:10 Moreover, also, Elijah and Elisha, and many other holy men, we find to have lived a holy and spotless life.
6:11 If, therefore, you desire to be like these, imitate them with all your power.
6:12 For the Scripture has said, "The elders who are among you, honour; and, seeing their manner of life and conduct, imitate their faith." 1 xrefs
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