εις ἐπισεμνυνόμενος εἰπεῖν· „υἱὸς γὰρ ἐγενόμην κἀγὼ πατρὶ ὑπήκοος καὶ ἀγαπώμενος ἐν προσώπῳ μητρός“ (Prov. 4, 3). ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἔμελλες, εἴποιμ’ ἂν αὐτῷ, στέργεσθαι φυλάττων μὲν τὰ παρὰ γενητοῖς καθεστῶτα νόμιμα διὰ πόθον κοινωνίας, φυλάττων δὲ καὶ τοὺς τοῦ ἀγενήτου θεσμοὺς δι’ εὐσεβε…

ace, as stated in the foregoing Article. Now it is becoming to a woman to teach; for it is written ( Prov. 4:3,4 ): "I was an only son in the sight of my mother, and she taught me [*Vulg.: 'I was my father's son, tender, and as an only son in the sight of my mother. And he taught…

not as yet perfect existence: just as now also children receive their names in Baptism. Wherefore on Prov. 4:3, "I was my father's son, tender, and as an only son in the sight of my mother," the gloss says: "Why does Solomon call himself an only son in the sight of his mother, wh…