³⁸ Rom. xii. 15.

³⁹ Col. iii. 17.

⁴⁰ Cicero, p. Murena.

⁴¹ S. Mark vi. 21 ff.

⁴² S. Mark vi. 22, Mark vi. 23.

⁴³ S. Mark vi. 25 ff.

⁴⁴ S. Matt. v. 34.

⁴⁵ Cf. Ep. XXXVII. 38. St. Ambrose, being asked by his sister for his opinion concerning such virgins as had committed suicide rather than suffer themselves to be violated, would seem to say that in some cases this was allowable. St. Augustine [de Civ. Dei, I. 19] speaks with some hesitation on the same subject. There is some doubt as to who this St. Pelagia mentioned below may be. St. Chrysostom says she committed suicide by throwing herself from the roof; see Pelagia (1) in Dict. Chr. Biog.

⁴⁶ This is really in excess of the number which are now to be considered as fixed in date.

¹ 1 Cor. vii. 34.

² 1 Cor. vii. 39, 1 Cor. vii. 40.

³ 1 [3] Kings xvii. 9.

⁴ S. Luke i. 26, Luke i. 27.

⁵ Pythagoras.

⁶ S. Matt. vi. 26.

⁷ Gen. i. 29, Gen. i. 30.

⁸ 1 Tim. v. 3, 1 Tim. v. 4.

⁹ 1 Tim. v. 3, 1 Tim. v. 4.

¹⁰ 1 Cor. vii. 34.

¹¹ 1 Tim. v. 5.

¹² 1 Tim. v. 9.

¹³ The rule of St. Paul as to age was not always strictly observed after early days, though probably so in the experience of St. Ambrose, though the Benedictine Editors think that he did not uphold the restriction, but it is spoken of in the Exhort. Virginitatis, §25, where Juliana of Bononia speaks of herself as "adhuc immaturam viduitatis stipendiis," not yet old enough to receive widow's pay. See Dict. Chr Antiq., art. Widows.

¹⁴ 1 Tim. v. 10.

¹⁵ 1 Tim. v. 11.

¹⁶ 1 Cor. vii. 9.

¹⁷ Isa. i. 17.

¹⁸ Ps. cxlvi. [cxlv.] 9.

¹⁹ Ps. cxxxii. [cxxxi.] 15 [LXX.].

²⁰ 1 [3] Kings xvii. 14.

²¹ S. Luke iv. 25.

²² S. Luke xiii. 7.

²³ Isa. liv. 1.

²⁴ Isa. liv. 4.

²⁵ Isa. liv. 7.

²⁶ 1 [3] Kings xvii. 14.

²⁷ 1 [3] Kings xvii. 14.

²⁸ Ps. lxxii. [lxxi.] 6.

²⁹ Judg. vi. 37 ff.

³⁰ Ps. lxxvi. [lxxv.] 1.