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ANF Pseudo-Clementine The Clementine Homilies
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Introductory Notice to The Clementine Homilies.
Chapter V.—Peter Doubts Simon’s Honesty.
[1377] The words in italics are inserted to fill up a lacuna which occurs here in the Vaticanms.
Chapter VII.—Simon Confesses His Ignorance.
[1378] The Greek has “but.”
Chapter IX.—How Simon Bears His Exposure.
[1379] [The remainder of the Homily is without a close parallel in the Recognitions.—R.]
[1380] Lit., “caught in the act.”
[1381] This passage is deemed corrupt by commentators. We have made no change in the reading of the mss., except that of νενικημένην into νενικημένος, and perhaps even this is unnecessary. The last sentence means: “A man may overcome the weakness of his adversary: but he does not therefore strip him of the truth, which he possesses even when he is conquered.” The Latin translation of Cotelerius, with some emendations from later editors, yields this: “But they say that I, a magician, am not merely conquered by Peter, but reduced to straits by his reasonings. But not even though one be reduced to straits by reasonings, has he the truth which is in him conquered. For the weakness of the defender is not the truth of the conqueror.”
Chapter XII.—Simon’s Opinions Expounded by Peter.
[1382] Κυρία.
[1383] The text is corrupt. Various emendations have been proposed, none of which are satisfactory. Uhlhorn proposes, “That there is a standing one, one who will stand. You who are opposed, learn how you disbelieve, and that this subject which you say is the power unrevealed is full of ignorance.” P. 328, note 1.
[1384] The text is corrupt. We have placed διὰ τὸ after εἰδέναι.
[1385] Another reading is: “Were not those deemed better worthy than any one else to know Him?”
Chapter XV.—Matthew XI. 25 Discussed.
[1386] Matt. 11.25; Luke 10.21; comp. Recognitions, iv. 5].
[1387] The passage does not occur in Isaiah, but in Ps. lxxviii. 2. The words are quoted not from the LXX., but from the Gospel of Matthew (Matt. 13.35), where in somemss. they are attributed to Isaiah. See Uhlhorn, p. 119.
[1388] The words in italics are omitted in the mss.; but the context leaves no doubt that they were once in the text.
Chapter XVI.—These Things Hidden Justly from the Wise.
Chapter XVII.—The Way to the Kingdom Not Concealed from the Israelites.
[1395] Luke 18.18; Matt. 19.16, ff.
Chapter XVIII.—Isaiah I. 3 Explained.
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