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First Pseudo-Clement

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Chapter 7

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Author: Pseudo-Clementine writer

Chapter VII.—The True Virgin.

Those, therefore, who imitate Christ, imitate Him earnestly

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.

For

those

who

have

“

put

on

Christ

”

in

truth

,

express

His

likeness

in

their

thoughts

,

and

in

their

whole

life

,

and

in

all

their

behaviour

:

in

word

,

and

in

deeds

,

and

in

patience

,

and

in

fortitude

,

and

in

knowledge

,

and

in

chastity

,

and

in

long

-

suffering

,

and

in

a

pure

heart

,

and

in

faith

,

and

in

hope

,

and

in

full

and

perfect

love

towards

God

.

No

virgin

,

therefore

,

unless

they

be

in

everything

as

Christ

,

and

as

those

“

who

are

Christs

,

”

can

be

saved

.

For

every

virgin

who

is

in

God

is

holy

in

her

body

and

in

her

spirit

,

and

is

constant

in

the

service

of

her

Lord

,

not

turning

away

from

it

any

whither

,

but

waiting

upon

Him

always

in

purity

and

holiness

in

the

Spirit

of

God

,

being

“

solicitous

how

she

may

please

her

Lord

,

”

by

living

purely

and

without

stain

,

and

solicitous

to

be

pleasing

before

Him

in

every

thing

.

She

who

is

such

does

not

withdraw

from

our

Lord

,

but

in

spirit

is

ever

with

her

Lord

:

as

it

is

written

,

“

Be

ye

holy

,

as

I

am

holy

,

saith

the

Lord

.

”

Notes

1
Rom. xiii. 14.
2
Gal. v. 24.
3
1 Cor. vii. 32.
4
1 Pet. i. 15 (cf. Lev. xi. 44).