Clement of Rome, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII, Two Epistles Concerning Virginity… (1885)
“ Dost thou wish to be a Christian? Imitate Christ in everything. John, the ambassador, he who came before our Lord, he “than whom there was not a greater among those born of women,” [2] the holy messenger of our Lord, was a virgin. Imitate, therefore, the ambassador of our Lord, and be his follower [3] in every thing. ”
