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‹ ANF02. Fathers of the Second Century: Hermas, Tatian, Athenagoras, Theophilus, and Clement of Alexandria (Entire) Fragments of Clemens Alexandrinus · Œcumenius from Book III. On 1 Cor. xi. 10.

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Fragments of Clemens Alexandrinus · Œcumenius from Book III. On 1 Cor. xi. 10.

“Because of the angels.” By the angels he means righteous and virtuous men. Let her be veiled then, that she may not lead them to stumble into fornication. For the real angels in heaven see her though veiled.