Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II Let contentiousness in words, for the sake of a useless triumph, be banished; for our aim is to be free from perturbation. Such is the meaning of the phrase,[147] The Passing of Mary Latin I Nor is it to be wondered at that He should do such things, who went into the virgin and came out of her though her womb was closed; who, though the gates were shut, went in to His disciples;[22] Polycrates of Ephesus Those who in our own times have revived the observance of the Jewish Sabbath, show us how much may be said on their side,[3]