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ANF Pseudo-Clementine The Clementine Homilies
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Introductory Notice to The Clementine Homilies.
[949] Cotelerius doubts whether this expression means a soul ruling over his body, or a soul disposed to favor monarchical rule. The former explanation seems more probable.
Chapter XLIV.—The Same Continued.
[950] Wieseler considers this corrupt, and amends: “if He desires more.”
Chapter XLV.—How God is to Be Thought of.
[951] The Latin has here, “imperceptus et perceptus;” but Wieseler points out that χωρούμενος has reference to God’s dwelling in the souls of the good, and thus He is contained by them.
Chapter LI.—Weigh in the Balance.
[952] This is quoted three times in the Homilies as a saying of our Lord, viz., here and in Homily III. chap. 50, and Homily XVIII. chap. 20. It is probably taken from one of the apocryphal Gospels. In Homily XVIII. chap. 20 the meaning is shown to be, that as it is the part of a money-changer to distinguish spurious coins from genuine, so it is part of a Christian to distinguish false statements from true.
[953] A corruption of the texts, Matt. xxii. 29; Mark xii. 24.
Chapter LII.—Sins of the Saints Denied.
Chapter I.—The Morning of the Discussion.
[955] [The first twenty-eight chapters of this homily have no exact parallel in the Recognitions; much of the matter is peculiar to this work.—R.]
Chapter VI.—Purgatory and Hell.
[956] The text manifestly corrupt.
[957] Perhaps, rather, “the greatest part.”
Chapter XV.—Christ’s Prophecies.
[958] Matt. xxiv. 2, 34; Luke xix. 43-44.
Chapter XVII.—Whether Adam Had the Spirit.
[959] [Here we find another view, suggesting the speculative opinions for which the author desires the indorsement of Peter.—R.]
Chapter XVIII.—Adam Not Ignorant.
[962] From a conjectural reading by Neander.
[963] Matt. xxiii. 37; Luke xiii. 34; Luke xxiii. 34.
Chapter XXI.—The Eating of the Forbidden Fruit Denied.
Chapter XXII.—Male and Female.
[966] That is, the present world is female, and is under the rule of the female; the world to come is male, and is under the rule of the male.
[967] The allusion is to the fact that John the Baptist is called the greatest of those born of woman, while Christ is called the Son of man.
Chapter XXIII.—Two Kinds of Prophecy.
[968] Literally, “Let there be to us two genuine prophecies.”
[969] [The doctrine of these chapters is tinged with Gnostic dualism; much of the matter might, according to tradition, have been equally well put in the mouth of Simon.—R.]
Chapter XXV.—Cain’s Name and Nature.
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