For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Car il faut que l'évêque soit irréprochable, comme économe de Dieu; qu'il ne soit ni arrogant, ni colère, ni adonné au vin, ni violent, ni porté à un gain déshonnête;
KJV
For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
behooveth . . . a bishop to be without crime [*Vulg.: 'blameless.' 'Without crime' is the reading in Tit. 1:7 ] . . . not given to wine, no striker." I answer that, It is unlawful for clerics to kill, for two reasons. First, because they are chosen for the ministry of the altar,…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
r of chastity: wherefore Jerome says [*Ep. cxlvii ad Amand. Cf. Gratian, Dist. xliv.], commenting on Titus 1:7, "Not given to wine, no striker," etc.: "The belly and the organs of generation are neighbors, that the neighborhood of the organs may indicate their complicity in vice.…
Hippolytus + Cyprian + Caius + Novatian
ANF05. Fathers of the Third Century: Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius, Novatian, Appendix
2:4-5 2:11-12 2:16 2:17 2:17 2:17 2:20 2:20 2:23-24 2:24 3:1-3 3:1-9 3:12 3:13 4:3-4 4:6-8 4:6-8 4:8 Titus 1:7 1:15 1:15 2:13 3:2 3:5 3:10-11 3:10-11 3:11 Hebrews 1:3 1:3 1:9 2:5 2:11 3:3 5:1 5:7 6:2 6:2 7:21 7:21 9:27 10:30 11:35 11:35 11:36-37 12:6 12:29 12:29 13:10 James 2:13…
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