A citation from the library
Adam Clarke, on Titus 1:6
Adam Clarke · 1762–1832
Titus 1:6 · Douay-Rheims
“If any be without crime, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or unruly.”
On this verse:
“If any be blameless - See the notes on Ti1 3:2, etc. Having faithful children - Whose family is converted to God. It would have been absurd to employ a man to govern the Church whose children were not in subjection to himself; for it is an apostolic maxim, that he who cannot rule his own house, cannot rule the Church of God; Ti1 3:5.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.