Pierus of Alexandria · I.—A Fragment of a Work of Pierius on the First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians
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Origen, Dionysius, Pierius, Eusebius of Cæsareia, Didymus, and Apollinaris, have interpreted this epistle most copiously;1271 of whom Pierius, when he was expounding and unfolding the meaning of the apostle, and purposed to explain the words, For I would that all men were even as I myself,1272 added this remark: In saying this, Paul, without disguise, preaches celibacy.1273