The Beautiful Soul

Sed puellam de populo, ne contaminet semen suum. Pulchra namque a Deo creata est anima, et satis decora, quae imaginem habet, et similitudinem Dei. Dehinc sequitur: De genere suo ducat uxorem, animam scilicet, quae ei fide conjungitur. Nec contaminabit semen suum, id est, verbum Dei, quod in Ecclesia praedicatur, sicut in Evangelio scriptum est: Ne dederitis sanctum canibus, neque mittatis margaritas ante porcos, ne conculcent eas pedibus suis. Sanctus Isidorus Hispalensis,Mysticorum Expositiones Sacramentorum Seu Quaestiones In Vetus Testamentum, In Leviticum, Caput XII Source: Migne PL 83.331

But a maiden from the people, lest his seed be debased. 1 For the soul created by God is beautiful, and it is fully adorned, having the image and likeness of God. Whence it follows that from his own people he will lead a wife, that is, the soul, which is bound to him in faith. Nor should his seed be contaminated, that is, the word of God, which is preached in the Church, as it is written in the Gospel: 'Do not give a holy thing to dogs, nor cast pearls before swine, lest they trample on them with their feet.' 2 Saint Isidore of Seville, Expositions of Sacred Mysteries or Questions on the Old Testament, On Leviticus, Chap 12 1 Lev 21.14-15 2 Mt 7.6 3 Lk 12.49