Titus 1:7 (WEB)
For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward, not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;
Catechism · 1
“The Lord Jesus chose men (viri) to form the college of the twelve apostles, and the apostles did the same when they chose collaborators to succeed them in their ministry.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mk 3:14-19; Lk 6:12-16; 1 Tim 3:1-13; 2 Tim 1:6; Titus 1:5-9; St. Clement of Rome, Ad Cor. 42, 4; 44, 3: PG 1, 292-293; 300.
Fathers and councils · 7
Cyprian of Carthage
“But neither can deceit advantage Martialis, in such a way as that he who also is involved in great crimes should hold his bishopric, since the apostle also warns, and says, “A bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God.”” — editor's note: Tit. i. 7.
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Ambrose of Milan
“And so the Apostle has given a pattern, saying that a bishop must be blameless, and in another place: “A bishop must be without offence, as a steward of God, not proud, not soon angry, not given to wine, not a striker, not greedy of filthy lucre.”” — editor's note: Tit. i. 7.
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Jerome
“…holy, temperate; holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.”” — editor's note: Tit. i. 5–9.
Read the whole comment“For a bishop must be blameless as the steward of God.”” — editor's note: Tit. i. 5–7.
Read the whole comment“What then will become of the Apostle’s command,“The bishop must be blameless as God’s steward”?” — editor's note: Tit. i. 7.
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Tertullian
“Come, now, you who think that an exceptional law of monogamy is made with reference to bishops, abandon withal your remaining disciplinary titles, which, together with monogamy, are ascribed to bishops.” — editor's note: See 1 Tim. iii. 1–7; Tit. i. 6–9.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…that they are to be temperate, soberminded, not given to wine, no strikers, apt to teach, blameless in all things, and beyond the reach of the wicked, without finding considerable deflection from the straight line of the rules?” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iii. 2. 3; Tit. i. 7.
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Cross-references · 18
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Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 12.
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Cited together in Letters Letter 146.