Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume VIII/Two Epistles Concerning Virginity/First Pseudo-Clement/Chapter 1

Two Epistles Concerning Virginity.

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The First Epistle of the Blessed Clement, the Disciple of Peter the Apostle.

Chapter I.&#8212;The Salutation.

To all those who love and cherish their life in Christ through God the Father, and obey the truth of God in hope of eternal life; to those who bear affection towards their brethren and towards their neighbours in the love of God; to the blessed virgins, who devote themselves to preserve virginity &#8220;for the sake of the kingdom of heaven;&#8221; and to the holy virgins:&#160; the peace which is in God.