Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II

blessing the five loaves, fed with them five thousand men. Five virgins[188]

The First Epistle of Clement Concerning Virginity

For, merely because a person is called a virgin, if he be destitute of works excellent and comely, and suitable to virginity, he cannot possibly be saved. For our Lord called such virginity as that "foolish," as He said in the Gospel;[15]

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Old Testament