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ANF Pseudo-Clementine The Recognitions of Clement
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Introductory Notice to The Recognitions of Clement.
Chapter XXIII.—Evil Not in Substance.
[737] [Chaps. 23–26 have no exact parallel in the Homilies; comp. book iii. 16–26. The questions of the origin of evil and of free-will are more fully treated in the Recognitions.—R.]
Chapter XXIV.—Why God Permits Evil.
[738] There is considerable variety of reading in this sentence, and the precise meaning is somewhat obscure. The general sense, however, is sufficiently evident, that if God had refrained from creating those who He foresaw, would fall into evil, this would have been to subject His goodness to their evil.
Chapter XXVI.—Evil Angels Seducers.
[739] [Comp. Homily VIII. 13.—R.]
Chapter XXVII.—Ham the First Magician.
[740] [With chaps. 27–31 compare Homily IX. 3–7. The resemblances are quite close. See also book i. 30, 31.—R.]
[741] [With chaps. 27–31 compare Homily IX. 3–7. The resemblances are quite close. See also book i. 30, 31.—R.]
[742] [To chaps. 32, 33, a close parallel is found in Homily IX. 19–21.—R.]
Chapter XXXIII.—The Weakest Christian More Powerful Than the Strongest Demon.
[743] Matt. 8.9; Luke 7.8.—R.]
Chapter XXXIV.—Temptation of Christ.
[744] [The close of this discourse, chaps. 34–37, resembles that of the first at Tripolis, in Homily VIII. 21, 24. As already indicated, much of Homily IX. finds a parallel in this book.—R.]
[745] Matt. 4.10; Luke 4.8.—R.]
[746] [This is peculiar in this connection. There is, at least, a suggestion of anti-Pauline spirit in its teaching.—R.]
Chapter XXXVI.—The Garments Unspotted.
[748] [In Homily VII. 8 a similar injunction is given, at Sidon. The language in both places recalls Acts 15.20; 1 Cor. 10.21 But most of the chapter is peculiar to the Recognitions.—R.]
[749] Matt. xiii. 23. [Comp. Mark iv. 8, 20, where the order of the numbers corresponds with that of the Recognitions. The interpretation is a fanciful one, indicating not only Judaistic legalism, but the notion of esoteric teaching. The passage shows Ebionitic tendencies.—R.]
Chapter XXXVII.—The Congregation Dismissed.
[750] Clement, being not yet baptized, is represented as not permitted to join with the disciples, even in prayer. [Comp. i. 19, ii. 70–72. This separation is indicated in the Homilies, but more emphasis is placed upon it in the Recognitions.—R.]
Chapter I.—Peter’s Salutation.
[751] [Book v. has a partial parallel in Homily X., which is assigned to the second day at Tripolis. The matter here is more extensive. Chaps. 1, 2, show some resemblance to Homily X. 3–6.—R.]
Chapter II.—Suffering the Effect of Sin.
Chapter IV.—Ignorance the Mother of Evils.
[753] [Chaps. 4, 5, resemble somewhat Homily X. 2, which contains a preliminary discourse of the Apostle to his followers.—R.]
[754] [Here again the doctrine of free-will is pressed, the Homilies containing no parallel. Chaps. 6–13 have no corresponding passage in Homily X.—R.]
Chapter XI.—The Expectation of the Gentiles.
[756] Gen. xlix. 10. [This detailed statement of the call of the Gentiles is peculiar to the Recognitions; comp. i. 42. Such passages seem to indicate a tendency less anti-Pauline than that of the Homilies, yet the christology and soteriology are Ebionitic.—R.]
Chapter XII.—Call of the Gentiles.
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