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ANF08. The Twelve Patriarchs, Excerpts and Epistles, The Clementia, Apocrypha, Decretals, Memoirs of Edessa and Syriac Documents, Remains of the First Age by Philip Schaff Christian Classics Ethereal Library About ANF08. The Twelve Patriarchs, Excerpts and Epistles, The Clementia, Apocrypha, Decretals, Memoirs of Edessa and Syriac Documents, Remains of the First Age by Philip Schaff Title: ANF08. The Twelve Patriarchs, Excerpts and Epistles, The Clementia, Apocrypha, Decretals, Memoirs of Edessa and Syriac Documents, Remains of the First Age URL: http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf08.html Author(s): Schaff, Philip Publisher: Grand Rapids, MI: Christian Classics Ethereal Library Description: Originally printed in 1885, the ten-volume set, Ante-Nicene Fathers, brings together the work of early Christian thinkers. In particular, it brings together the writings of the early Church fathers prior to the fourth century Nicene Creed. These volumes are noteworthy for their inclusion of entire texts, and not simply fragments or excerpts from these great writings. The translations are fairly literal, providing both readers and scholars with a good approximation of the originals. These writings were heavily influential on the early Church, and for good reason, as they are inspirational and encouraging. These volumes also come with many useful notes, providing the reader with new levels of understanding. Overall, Ante-Nicene Fathers, or any part of it, is a welcome addition to one's reading list. Tim Perrine CCEL Staff Writer Print Basis: Edinburgh: T&T Clark Rights: Copyright Christian Classics Ethereal Library Date Created: 2005-03-27 Status: Carefully proofed and converted to ThML CCEL Subjects: All; Early; Proofed LC Call no: BR65 LC Subjects: Christianity Early Christian Literature. Fathers of the Church, etc. ANF08. The Twelve Patriarchs, Excerpts and Epistles, The Philip Schaff Clementia, Apocrypha, Decretals, Memoirs of Edessa and Syriac Documents, Remains of the First Age Table of Contents About This Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. ii Title Pages.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 1 Introductory Notice.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 3 The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 6 Title Page.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 6 Introductory Notice.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 6 The Testament of Reuben Concerning Thoughts.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 13 The Testament of Simeon Concerning Envy.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 16 The Testament of Levi Concerning the Priesthood and Arrogance.. . . . . p. 19 The Testament of Judah Concerning Fortitude, and Love of Money, and Fornication.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 27 The Testament of Issachar Concerning Simplicity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 34 The Testament of Zebulun Concerning Compassion and Mercy.. . . . . . p. 37 The Testament of Dan Concerning Anger and Lying.. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 40 The Testament of Naphtali Concerning Natural Goodness.. . . . . . . . . p. 43 The Testament of Gad Concerning Hatred.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 46 The Testament of Asher Concerning Two Faces of Vice and Virtue.. . . . p. 49 The Testament of Joseph Concerning Sobriety.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 51 The Testament of Benjamin Concerning a Pure Mind.. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 57 Note by the American Editor.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 61 Excerpts of Theodotus.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 62 Title Page.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 62 Introductory Notice.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 62 Excerpts of Theodotus.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 63 Two Epistles Concerning Virginity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 78 Title Page.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 78 Introductory Notice.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 78 The First Epistle of the Blessed Clement, the Disciple of Peter the Apostle.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 80 The Salutation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 80 For True Virginity Perfect Virtue is Necessary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 80 True Virgins Prove Themselves Such by Self-Denial, as Does the True Believer by Good Works.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 81 Continuation of the Remarks on Self-Denial; Object and Reward of True Virgins.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 82 iii ANF08. The Twelve Patriarchs, Excerpts and Epistles, The Philip Schaff Clementia, Apocrypha, Decretals, Memoirs of Edessa and Syriac Documents, Remains of the First Age The Irksomeness and the Enemies of Virginity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 83 Divinity of Virginity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 84 The True Virgin.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 85 Virgins, by the Laying Aside of All Carnal Affection, are Imitators of God.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 85 Continuation of the Subject of Mortification; Dignity of Persons Consecrated to God.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 87 Denunciation of Dangerous and Scandalous Association with Maidens.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 88 Perniciousness of Idleness; Warning Against the Empty Longing to Be Teachers; Advice About Teaching and the Use of Divine Gifts.. . . . . . p. 88 Rules for Visits, Exorcisms, and How People are to Assist the Sick, and to Walk in All Things Without Offence.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 90 What Priests Should Be and Should Not Be.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 92 The Second Epistle of the Same Clement.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 93 He Describes the Circumspectness of His Intercourse with the Other Sex, and Tells How in His Journeys He Acts at Places Where There are Brethren Only.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 93 His Behaviour in Places Where There Were Christians of Both Sexes.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 94 Rules for the Conduct of Celibate Brethren in Places Where There are Only Married Christians.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 95 Conduct of the Holy Man Where There are Women Only.. . . . . . . . . p. 95 Where There is Only One Woman, the Father Does Not Make a Stay; How Carefully Stumbling-Blocks Must Be Avoided.. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 96 How Christians Should Behave Themselves Among Heathens.. . . . . p. 97 Uses of Considering Admonitory Examples, as Well as Instructive Patterns.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 98 Joseph and Potiphar's Wife; Of What Kind Love to Females Ought to Be.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 98 Samson's Admonitory Fall.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 99 David's Sin, So Admonitory to Us Weak Men.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 99 Admonitory History of the Incestuous Children of David.. . . . . . . . . . p. 100 Solomon's Infatuation Through Women.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 100 The History of Susanna Teaches Circumspection with the Eyes and in Society.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 101 Examples of Circumspect Behaviour from the Old Testament.. . . . . . p. 101 The Example of Jesus; How We May Allow Ourselves to Be Served by Women.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 102 Exhortation to Union and to Obedience; Conclusion.. . . . . . . . . . . . p. 103 iv ANF08. The Twelve Patriarchs, Excerpts and Epistles, The Philip Schaff Clementia, Apocrypha, Decretals, Memoirs of Edessa and Syriac Documents, Remains of the First Age Pseudo-Clementine Literature.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 104 Title Page.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 104 Introductory Notice.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 104 The Recognitions of Clement.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 107 Introductory Notice.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 107 Preface.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 109 Book I.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 111 Clement's Early History; Doubts.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 111 His Distress.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 112 His Dissatisfaction with the Schools of the Philosophers.. . . . . . . . . p. 112 His Increasing Disquiet.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 112 His Design to Test the Immortality of the Soul.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 113 Hears of Christ.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 113 Arrival of Barnabas at Rome.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 114 His Preaching.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 115 Clement's Interposition on Behalf of Barnabas.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 115 Intercourse with Barnabas.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 116 Departure of Barnabas.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 117 Clement's Arrival at Cæsarea, and Introduction to Peter.. . . . . . . . . p. 117 His Cordial Reception by Peter.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 118 His Account of Himself.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 118 Peter's First Instruction:  Causes of Ignorance.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 118 Instruction Continued:  the True Prophet.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 119 Peter Requests Him to Be His Attendant.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 119 His Profiting by Peter's Instruction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 120 Peter's Satisfaction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 121 Postponement of Discussion with Simon Magus.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 121 Advantage of the Delay.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 122 Repetition of Instructions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 122 Repetition Continued.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 123 Repetition Continued.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 124 Repetition Continued.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 124 Friendship of God; How Secured.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 125 Account of the Creation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 125 Account of the Creation Continued.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 126 The Giants:  the Flood.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 126 Noah's Sons.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 127 World After the Flood.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 127 Abraham.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 128 Abraham:  His Posterity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 128 v ANF08. The Twelve Patriarchs, Excerpts and Epistles, The Philip Schaff Clementia, Apocrypha, Decretals, Memoirs of Edessa and Syriac Documents, Remains of the First Age The Israelites in Egypt.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 129 The Exodus.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 129 Allowance of Sacrifice for a Time.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 130 The Holy Place.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 131 Sins of the Israelites.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 131 Baptism Instituted in Place of Sacrifices.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 132 Advent of the True Prophet.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 132 Rejection of the True Prophet.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 133 Call of the Gentiles.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 133 Success of the Gospel.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 134 Challenge by Caiaphas.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 134 The True Prophet:  Why Called the Christ.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 135 Anointing.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 135 Adam Anointed a Prophet.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 136 The True Prophet, a Priest.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 136 Two Comings of Christ.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 137 His Rejection by the Jews.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 137 The Only Saviour.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 137 The Saints Before Christ's Coming.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 138 Animosity of the Jews.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 139 Jewish Sects.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 139 Public Discussion.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 140 Sadducees Refuted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 140 Samaritan Refuted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 141 Scribes Refuted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 141 Pharisees Refuted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 141 Disciples of John Refuted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 142 Caiaphas Answered.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 142 Foolishness of Preaching.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 143 Appeal to the Jews.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 143 Temple to Be Destroyed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 144 Tumult Stilled by Gamaliel.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 144 Discussion Resumed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 145 Speech of Gamaliel.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 145 The Rule of Faith.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 146 Two Comings of Christ.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 146 Tumult Raised by Saul.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 147 Flight to Jericho.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 147 Peter Sent to Cæsarea.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 148 Welcomed by Zacchæus.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 148 vi ANF08. The Twelve Patriarchs, Excerpts and Epistles, The Philip Schaff Clementia, Apocrypha, Decretals, Memoirs of Edessa and Syriac Documents, Remains of the First Age Simon Magus Challenges Peter.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 149 Book II.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 149 Power of Habit.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 149 Curtailment of Sleep.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 150 Need of Caution.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 150 Prudence in Dealing with Opponents.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 151 Simon Magus, a Formidable Antagonist.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 151 Simon Magus:  His Wickedness.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 152 Simon Magus:  His History.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 152 Simon Magus:  His History.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 153 Simon Magus:  His Profession.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 153 Simon Magus:  His Deception.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 154 Simon Magus, at the Head of the Sect of Dositheus.. . . . . . . . . . . p. 154 Simon Magus and Luna.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 155 Simon Magus:  Secret of His Magic.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 155 Simon Magus, Professes to Be God.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 156 Simon Magus, Professed to Have Made a Boy of Air.. . . . . . . . . . . p. 157 Simon Magus:  Hopelessness of His Case.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 157 Men Enemies to God.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 158 Responsibility of Men.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 158 Disputation Begun.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 159 The Kingdom of God and His Righteousness.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 160 Righteousness the Way to the Kingdom.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 161 Righteousness; What It is.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 161 Simon Refuses Peace.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 162 Peter's Explanation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 162 Principles on Which the Discussion Should Be Conducted.. . . . . . . p. 163 Simon's Interruption.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 163 Questions and Answers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 164 Consistency of Christ's Teaching.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 164 Peace and Strife.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 165 Peace to the Sons of Peace.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 165 Peace and War.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 166 Simon's Challenge.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 166 Authority.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 167 Order of Proof.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 167 How Error Cannot Stand with Truth.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 168 Altercation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 168 Simon's Subtlety.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 169 Simon's Creed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 169 vii ANF08. The Twelve Patriarchs, Excerpts and Epistles, The Philip Schaff Clementia, Apocrypha, Decretals, Memoirs of Edessa and Syriac Documents, Remains of the First Age Argument for Polytheism.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 170 Peter's Answer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 171 The Answer, Continued.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 171 Guardian Angels.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 172 No God But Jehovah.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 172 The Serpent, the Author of Polytheism.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 173 Polytheism Inexcusable.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 174 Christ Acknowledged the God of the Jews.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 174 Simon's Cavil.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 175 Peter's Answer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 175 The Supreme Light.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 175 Simon's Presumption.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 176 The Sixth Sense.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 176 Reductio Ad Absurdum.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 177 Simon's Blasphemy.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 177 How Simon Learned from the Law What the Law Does Not Teach.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 178 Simon's Objections Turned Against Himself.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 179 No God Above the Creator.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 179 Simon's Inconsistency.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 180 Simon's God Unjust.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 180 The Creator Our Father.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 181 The Creator the Supreme God.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 181 Imagination.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 182 Peter's Experience of Imagination.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 182 Peter's Reverie.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 183 Andrew's Rebuke.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 183 Fallacy of Imagination.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 184 Existence and Conception.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 184 The Law Teaches of Immensity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 185 The Visible and the Invisible Heaven.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 185 Faith and Reason.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 185 Adjournment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 186 Separation from the Unclean.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 186 The Remedy.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 187 Book III.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 187 Pearls Before Swine.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 187 Second Day's Discussion.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 188 Simon a Seducer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 189 Simon Claims the Fulfilment of Peter's Promise.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 189 viii ANF08. The Twelve Patriarchs, Excerpts and Epistles, The Philip Schaff Clementia, Apocrypha, Decretals, Memoirs of Edessa and Syriac Documents, Remains of the First Age Simon's Arrogance.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 190 Existence of Evil.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 190 Not Admitted by All.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 191 Manner of Conducting the Discussion.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 191 Desire of Instruction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 192 Common Principles.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 192 Freedom of the Will.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 192 Responsibility.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 193 Origin of Evil.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 194 God the Author of Good, Not of Evil.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 194 “Who Hath Resisted His Will?”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 194 No Goodness Without Liberty.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 195 The Visible Heaven:  Why Made.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 196 Why to Be Dissolved.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 196 Corruptible and Temporary Things Made by the Incorruptible and Eternal.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 196 How the Pure in Heart See God.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 197 Diligence in Study.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 197 Peter's Private Instruction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 198 Learners and Cavillers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 198 Against Order is Against Reason.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 199 Learning Before Teaching.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 199 Self-Evidence of the Truth.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 200 God Righteous as Well as Good.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 200 God's Justice Shown at the Day of Judgment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 201 Immortality of the Soul.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 201 Proved by the Success of the Wicked in This Life.. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 202 Cavils of Simon.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 202 “Full of All Subtlety and All Mischief.”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 203 Simon's Subterfuges.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 204 Sight or Hearing?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 204 A Home-Thrust.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 204 Simon's Rage.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 205 Simon's Vaunt.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 205 Attempts to Create a Disturbance.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 206 Simon's Retreat.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 206 Peter's Benediction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 207 Peter's Accessibility.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 207 False Signs and Miracles.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 208 Self-Love the Foundation of Goodness.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 208 ix ANF08. The Twelve Patriarchs, Excerpts and Epistles, The Philip Schaff Clementia, Apocrypha, Decretals, Memoirs of Edessa and Syriac Documents, Remains of the First Age God to Be Supremely Loved.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 208 Ten Commandments Corresponding to the Plagues of Egypt.. . . . . p. 209 Simon Resisted Peter, as the Magicians Moses.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 210 Miracles of the Magicians.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 210 Truth Veiled with Love.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 210 Good and Evil in Pairs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 211 Uselessness of Pretended Miracles.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 211 Ten Pairs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 212 The Christian Life.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 212 A Deserter from Simon's Camp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 213 Declaration of Simon's Wickedness.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 214 Peter Resolves to Follow Simon.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 214 Zacchæus Made Bishop of Cæsarea; Presbyters and Deacons Ordained.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 215 Invitation to Baptism.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 215 Twelve Sent Before Him.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 216 Arrangements Approved by All the Brethren.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 216 Departure of the Twelve.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 217 Peter Prepares the Cæsareans for His Departure.. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 217 More Than Ten Thousand Baptized.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 218 Tidings of Simon.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 218 Farewell to Cæsarea.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 218 Contents of Clement's Despatches to James.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 219 Book IV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 220 Halt at Dora.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 220 Reception in the House of Maro.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 221 Simon's Flight.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 221 The Harvest Plenteous.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 222 Moses and Christ.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 222 A Congregation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 223 The Sick Healed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 224 Providence Vindicated.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 224 State of Innocence a State of Enjoyment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 224 Sin the Cause of Suffering.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 225 Suffering Salutary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 225 Translation of Enoch.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 225 Origin of Idolatry.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 226 God Both Good and Righteous.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 226 How Demons Get Power Over Men.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 227 Why They Wish to Possess Men.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 227 x

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