“Or, The understandings of all who have received the word of God are virgins. For such is the word of God, that of its purity it imparts to all, who by its teaching have departed from the worship of idols, and have through Christ drawn near to the worship of God; Which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bride…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
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1Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
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— Matthew 25:1 —
2And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
3They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: