Rabanus Maurus, on Sir 33:19

“Hear me, ye great men, and all ye people, and hearken with your ears, ye rulers of the church.”

“Reason teaches the immediate sense of these things to parents, concerning the right way to rule over their children and to raise them strictly until they have reached maturity, so that they will be worthy heirs of their parents after they are gone. Moreover, according to the spiritual sense it instructs the leaders of the church, so that they might preserve the dignity of their order until death, with a deliberate authority and right guidance. In this way they will leave disciples who have been raised well and who will be useful heirs of their works.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.