Traduction Masquer
On Prayer

Chapter XXI.--Of Virgins.

But that point which is promiscuously observed throughout the churches, whether virgins ought to be veiled or no, must be treated of. For they who allow to virgins immunity from head-covering, appear to rest on this; that the apostle has not defined "virgins" by name, but "women," ¹ as "to be veiled;" nor the sex generally, so as to say "females," but a class of the sex, by saying "women:" for if he had named the sex by saying "females," he would have made his limit absolute for every woman; but while he names one class of the sex, he separates another class by being silent. For, they say, he might either have named "virgins" specially; or generally, by a compendious term, "females."

Edition Masquer
De Oratione

XXI.

[1] Sed quid promiscue obseruetur per ecclesias quasi incertum, id retractandum est, uelarine debeant uirgines an non. [2] Qui enim uirginibus indulgent capitis immunitatem, hoc niti uidentur, quod apostolus non uirgines nominatim, sed mulieres designauerit uelandas esse, nec sexum, ut diceret feminas, sed gradum sexus, dicendo mulieres. [3] Nam si sexum nominasset, feminas dicendo, absolute definisset de omni muliere, at cum unum gradum sexus nominat, alium tacendo secernit. [4] Potuit enim, inquiunt, aut et uirgines nominare specialiter aut compendio generaliter feminas.