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Oecumenius, on Titus 2:3
Oecumenius · c. A.D. 550
Titus 2:3 · Douay-Rheims
“The aged women, in like manner, in holy attire, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teaching well:”
On this verse:
“likewise, older women must be respectful in behavior, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is good. — [OECUMENIUS] likewise, older women. Paul refers to the deaconesses. Respectful. From this Paul means clothing. [end of the excerpt by Oecumenius Π f. 173v; A f. 186r anonym; B f. 225r; G f. 314v] — behavior. From this attire, Paul says, they showed modesty and the fact of engaging in sacred services. not slanderers. For from wine follows slander: and especially because the violence that comes of wine is hostile to weaker old age. teachers of what is good. And how does it hinder women from teaching elsewhere? And we say that here it speaks about an exhortative speech addressed to household members, but there it is about sitting in public and speaking in the assembly. And that it has made them participants only of the teaching which is imparted at home is made clear by what follows.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.