I.—A Fragment of a Work of Pierius on the First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians. 1270 ———————————— Origen, Dionysius, Pierius, Eusebius of Cæsareia, Didymus, and Apollinaris, have interpreted this epistle most copiously; 1271 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 , 1272 added this remark: In saying this, Paul, without disguise, preaches celibacy. 1273 1270     This very brief quotation is preserved in Jerome’s Second Epistle to Pammachius. 1271     Latissime. 1272     1 Cor. vii. 7 . 1273     Vol. iv. p. 243, edit. Benedictin. [No doubt he does, as did his Master, Christ, before him, and under the same limitations. Matt. xix. 12 .]