Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Ecclesiasticus 7:27

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Volume 2, page 563, footnote 6 (Image)

Augustine: The City of God, Christian Doctrine

On Christian Doctrine (HTML)

Book III (HTML)

Some Commands are Given to All in Common, Others to Particular Classes. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 1871 (In-Text, Margin)

... those who are still in the lower grades are figurative; for example, if he has embraced a life of celibacy and made himself a eunuch for the kingdom of heaven’s sake, he contends that the commands given in Scripture about loving and ruling a wife are not to be taken literally, but figuratively; and if he has determined to keep his virgin unmarried, he tries to put a figurative interpretation on the passage where it is said, “Marry thy daughter, and so shall thou have performed a weighty matter.”[Ecclesiasticus 7:27] Accordingly, another of our rules for understanding the Scriptures will be as follows,—to recognize that some commands are given to all in common, others to particular classes of persons, that the medicine may act not only upon the state of health ...