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Integrity of mind and dignity of work
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Severianus is explaining Paul's instruction in Titus 2:7, distinguishing where integrity and dignity apply.
In Tit 2:7, He took integrity as a matter of the mind, and dignity as a matter of work, so that he may hold back not only from corrupt work but also from corrupt thought.
Greek Tit 2,7 Τὸ τῆς ἀδιαφορίας
ἐπὶ τοῦ νοῦ ἔλαβεν, τὸ δὲ τῆς σεμνότητος ἐπὶ τοῦ ἔργου, ἵνα μὴ μόνον ἔργου ἀπέχῃ
φθαρτοῦ ἀλλὰ καὶ νοήματος.
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About this text A bold defense of Paul's use of a poet's words to expose Cretan hypocrisy and affirm truth.
Severianus of Gabala (fl. c. 400) is the author of these fragments on Titus. They are not Chrysostom's homilies on Titus, and they are not Oecumenius's fragments on that letter.
Paul quotes the Cretan poet's line about liars, beasts, and gluttons. Severianus says Paul uses it only for the Cretans' character, and not for the poet's claim about a tomb of Zeus. He then takes up the sharp rebuke, and the line that to the pure all things are pure, because God made all things pure.
The fragments also say that Paul calls women to a share in the clerical inheritance, since he calls them reverent. Integrity belongs to the mind, and dignity to the work. The citations use the old names of the biblical books.
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