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ANF Pseudo-Clementine The Recognitions of Clement
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Introductory Notice to The Recognitions of Clement.
[694] [Comp. Homily XIX. 23.—R.]
Chapter XLII.—“Full of All Subtlety and All Mischief.”
[696] [The concluding portion of this discussion (chaps. 42–48) is peculiar alike in its argument and its colloquies.—R.]
Chapter XLIV.—Sight or Hearing?
[697] [Comp. book ii. 15 and Homily II. 26.—R.]
[698] Evidently parodied from Acts viii. 18-24. This incident is peculiar to the Recognitions.—R.]
[699] [Compare with this chapter book ii. 9, 14; Homily II. 32.—R.]
Chapter XLIX.—Simon’s Retreat.
[700] [This account of the close of the discussion is peculiar to the Recognitions.—R.]
Chapter LV.—Ten Commandments Corresponding to the Plagues of Egypt.
[703] Ex. vii., viii.
Chapter LIX.—Good and Evil in Pairs.
[706] [The substance of chaps. 59, 60, occurs in Homily II. 33, 34, just before the postponement of the discussion with Simon.—R.]
[707] [On the doctrine of pairs compare Homily II. 15, etc., 33; III. 23.—R.]
Chapter LXII.—The Christian Life.
Chapter LXIII.—A Deserter from Simon’s Camp.
[709] [This incident is narrated only in the Recognitions.—R.]
Chapter LXIV.—Declaration of Simon’s Wickedness.
[710] [With the remainder of the book compare Homily III. 58–73. The resemblance is general rather than particular.—R.]
Chapter LXV.—Peter Resolves to Follow Simon.
[711] Matt. xviii. 7; Luke xvii. 1.
[712] [In the Homilies full details are given respecting the choice of Zacchæus (who is identified with the publican in Luke xix.), his unwillingness to serve; precepts are also added concerning Church officers.—R.]
Chapter LXVII.—Invitation to Baptism.
[713] This may be translated, “that he may partake of holy things.” Cotelerius supposes the words “holy things” to mean the body and blood of Christ.
Chapter LXVIII.—Twelve Sent Before Him.
[714] [Compare with this chapter the lists in book ii. 1 and in Homily II. 1. The special significance attached to the number twelve is peculiar to this passage.—R.]
Chapter LXXIII.—Tidings of Simon.
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