Joseph’s Reviews > Virginity: A Positive Approach to Celibacy for the Sake of the Kingdom of Heaven > Status Update

St Gregory Nazianzen wrote a splended verse in praise of virginity. At first when I read it I thought the language was rather overdone, aimed at extolling the value of virginity. What it actually says is that there is a model for virginity that is higher than the Church, higher even than Mary: the Trinity! "The first Virgin," he says, "is the holy Trinity."