Theognostus of Alexandria, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VI — A Fragment of a Work of Pierius on the First Epistle of Paul to the… (1885)
“ Origen, Dionysius, Pierius, Eusebius of Cæsareia, Didymus, and Apollinaris, have interpreted this epistle most copiously; [2] of whom Pierius, when he was expounding and unfolding the meaning of the apostle, and purposed to explain the words, For I would that all men were even as I myself, [3] added this remark: In saying this, Paul, without disguise, preaches celibacy. ”
