Virgins and young men as the holy who share suffering
After the perceptible: understand virgins as those living in incorruption, and young men as those well-approved in virtue. For often even the holy ones suffer with those liable.
Greek
Klagel. Jerem. 1, 18. Μετὰ τὸ αἰσθητόν, παρθένους νόει τοὺς ἐν ἀφθαρσίᾳ βιοῦντας, νεανίσκους δὲ τοὺς ἐν ἀρετῇ εὐδοκίμους. πολλάκις γὰρ καὶ οἱ ἅγιοι τοῖς ὑπευθύνοις συμπάσχουσιν.
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Origen, Fragments on Lamentations. Original English Translation from the Greek (Klostermann).
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