The Banquet of the Ten Virgins continues. Procilla talks about the high honor that virgins and chastity receive from God, but also emphasizes the potential holiness of other states of life and of people who did not yet know Christ. There’s also an extended sex and pregnancy metaphor that will certainly get your attention.
Aptly for this week, she also speaks of chaste people as Olympic contestants. Since St. Methodius was from Olympos, he wasn’t talking out of ignorance, either!
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