cf.
Can. xviii. Augustine (De Bono Viduitatis, n. 14)
represents breaches of the vows of chastity as graver offenses than
breaches of the vows of wedlock. The rendering of
τῆ
ὀικονομί& 139·
τῆς καθ᾽
ἑαυτὴν
ζωῆς by continency is
illustrated in the Ben. note by Hermas ii. 4 as well as by Basil,
Canon xiv and xliv.