[The Same Apostle’s Constitution Concerning Virgins.]
XXIV. I, the same, make a constitution in regard to virgins: A virgin is not ordained, for we have no such command from the Lord; 148 1 Cor. vii. 25. for this is a state of voluntary trial, not for the reproach of marriage, but on account of leisure for piety .
[24] Ὁ αὐτὸς περὶ παρθένων. Παρθένος οὐ χειροτονεῖται, ἐπιταγὴν γὰρ Κυρίου οὐκ ἔχομεν: γνώμης γάρ ἐστι τὸ ἔπαθλον, οὐκ ἐπὶ διαβολῇ τοῦ γάμου, ἀλλ' ἐπὶ σχολῇ τῆς εὐσεβείας.