Clement of Rome, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII, Two Epistles Concerning Virginity… (1885)
“ No virgin, therefore, unless they be in everything as Christ, and as those “who are Christs,” [2] 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,” [3] by living purely and without stain, and solicitous to be pleasing before Him in every thing. ”
