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On the Dress of Virgins

Cyprian of Carthage

Section 10

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

10. You say that you are wealthy and rich; but

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it

becomes

not

a

virgin

to

boast

of

her

riches

,

since

Holy

Scripture

says

,

“

What

hath

pride

profited

us

?

or

what

benefit

hath

the

vaunting

of

riches

conferred

upon

us

?

And

all

these

things

have

passed

away

like

a

shadow

.

”

And

the

apostle

again

warns

us

,

and

says

,

“

And

they

that

buy

,

as

though

they

bought

not

;

and

they

that

possess

,

as

though

they

possessed

not

;

and

they

that

use

this

world

,

as

though

they

used

it

not

.

For

the

fashion

of

this

world

passeth

away

.

”

Peter

also

,

to

whom

the

Lord

commends

His

sheep

to

be

fed

and

guarded

,

on

whom

He

placed

and

founded

the

Church

,

says

indeed

that

he

has

no

silver

and

gold

,

but

says

that

he

is

rich

in

the

grace

of

Christ

—

that

he

is

wealthy

in

his

faith

and

virtue

—

wherewith

he

performed

many

great

works

with

miracle

,

wherewith

he

abounded

in

spiritual

blessings

to

the

grace

of

glory

.

These

riches

,

this

wealth

,

she

cannot

possess

,

who

had

rather

be

rich

to

this

world

than

to

Christ

.

Notes

27
Wisd. v. 8.
28
1 Cor. vii. 30, 31.