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ANF Pseudo-Clementine The Clementine Homilies
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Introductory Notice to The Clementine Homilies.
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.
[970] [Note the fantastic mysticism of this interpretation here given.—R.]
[971] Qu. “towards Abel”?
Chapter XXIX.—The Signal Given.
[972] [For a general comparison of the discussions with Simon, see Recognitions, ii. 19. Comp. Homily XVI. 1.—R.]
Chapter XXX.—Apostolic Salutation.
[973] [In Recognitions, ii. 20, this sentence occurs; but the opening discourse of Peter is quite different, far more dignified and consistent with the real character of the Apostle.—R.]
[974] Matt. 10.12; Mark 6.11; Luke 10.5, etc. [Comp. Recognitions, ii. 20, where the exordium is quite different, presenting the righteousness of God.—R.]
Chapter XXXIII.—Works of Creation.
[975] This is rather a paraphrase than a strict translation.
[976] Various reading, “assigned it the sea as a habitation for aquatic animals.”
Chapter XXXV.—“These are a Part of His Ways.”
[977] Literally, “of their life,” according to the idea prevalent of old, that the heavenly bodies were living creatures.
Chapter XXXVIII.—Simon’s Challenge.
[978] [The reply of Simon in the Recognitions is quite different, though the substance of this attack is given in the progress of this discussion; see Recognitions, ii. 39.—R.]
[979] [The Ebionitic tendency appears in this representation of Simon, as opposing the monotheism of the Old Testament. Comp. Recognitions, ii. 38.—R.]
Chapter XXXIX.—Defects Ascribed to God.
[984] Gen. xxii. 1. [These objections from the anthropomorphism of the Jewish Scriptures are not found in the Recognitions.—R.]
Chapter XLI.—“Status Quæstionis.”
[985] The text of this passage in all the editions is meaningless. It becomes clear by change of punctuation.
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