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• Preface.
• A.: Recently Discovered Additions to Early Christion Literature.
• I.: Works Connected With the Gospels.
• The Gospel of Peter
• Introduction.
• The Gospel According to Peter.
• Synoptical Table of the Four Canonical Gospels and the Gospel According to Peter
• The Diatessaron of Tatian
• Introduction.
• Introductory Notes.
• 1.
• In the Borgian Ms.
• 2.
• In the Vatican Ms.
• The Text of the Diatessaron.
• [section I.]
• Section II.
• Section III.
• Section IV.
• Section V.
• Section VI.
• Section VII.
• Section VIII.
• Section IX.
• Section X.
• Section XI.
• Section XII.
• Section XIII.
• Section XIV.
• Section XV.
• Section XVI.
• Section XVII.
• Section XVIII.
• Section XIX.
• Section XX.
• Section XXI.
• Section XXII.
• Section XXIII.
• Section XXIV.
• Section XXV.
• Section XXVI.
• Section XXVII.
• Section XXVIII. 4
• Section XXIX.
• Section XXX.
• Section XXXI.
• Section XXXII.
• Section XXXIII.
• Section XXXIV.
• Section XXXV.
• Section XXXVI.
• Section XXXVII.
• Section XXXVIII.
• Section XXXIX.
• Section Xl.
• Section Xli.
• Section Xlii.
• Section Xliii.
• Section Xliv.
• Section Xlv.
• Section Xlvi.
• Section Xlvii.
• Section Xlviii.
• Section Xlix.
• Section L.
• Section Li.
• Section Lii.
• Section Liii. 2
• Section Liv.
• Section Lv.
• Subscriptions.
• 1.
• In Borgian Ms.
• 2.
• In Vatican Ms. 4
• Suggested Emendations.
• II.: The Apocalypse of Peter Visio Pauli Apocalypse of Maria Virgo Apocalypse Sedrach
• The Revelation of Peter.
• Introduction.
• The Apocalypse of Peter.
• Fragments of the Apocalypse of Peter.
• The Vision of Paul.
• The Apocalypse of the Virgin.
• The Apocalypse of the Holy Mother of God Concerning the Chastisements.
• The Apocalypse of Sedrach.
• The Apocalypse of Sedrach.
• The Testament of Abraham, the Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena, the Narrative of Zosimus.
• Introduction.
• The Testament of Abraham.
• The Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena.
• Introduction.
• Life and Conduct of the Holy Women, Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca.
• The Narrative of Zosimus.
• Introduction.
• The Narrative of Zosimus Concerning the Life of the Blessed.
• III.: The Epistles of Clement.
• Introductory Notice to 1 St Clement.
• Additional Introduction.
• The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians. 1
• Chap. I.—
• The Salutation. Praise of the Corinthians Before the Breaking Forth of Schism Among Them.
• Chap. II.—
• Praise of the Corinthians Continued.
• Chap. III.—
• The Sad State of the Corinthian Church After Sedition Arose In It From Envy and Emulation.
• Chap. IV.—
• Many Evils Have Already Flowed From This Source In Ancient Times.
• Chap. V.—
• No Less Evils Have Arisen From the Same Source In the Most Recent Times. the Martyrdom of Peter and Paul.
• Chap. VI.—
• Continuation. Several Other Martyrs.
• Chap. VII.—
• An Exhortation to Repentance.
• Chap. VIII.—
• Continuation Respecting Repentance.
• Chap. IX.—
• Examples of the Saints.
• Chap. X.—
• Continuation of the Above.
• Chap. XI.—
• Continuation. Lot.
• Chap. XII.—
• The Rewards of Faith and Hospitality. Rahab.
• Chap. XIII.—
• An Exhortation to Humility.
• Chap. XIV.—
• We Should Obey God Rather Than the Authors of Sedition.
• Chap. XV.—
• We Must Adhere to Those Who Cultivate Peace, Not to Those Who Merely Pretend to Do So.
• Chap. XVI.—
• Christ As an Example of Humility.
• Chap. XVII.—
• The Saints As Examples of Humility.
• Chap. XVIII.—
• David As an Example of Humility.
• Chap. XIX.—
• Imitating These Examples, Let Us Seek After Peace.
• Chap. XX.—
• The Peace and Harmony of the Universe.
• Chap. XXI.—
• Let Us Obey God, and Not the Authors of Sedition.
• Chap. XXII.—
• These Exhortations Are Confirmed By the Christian Faith, Which Proclaims the Misery of Sinful Conduct.
• Chap. XXIII.—
• Be Humble, and Believe That Christ Will Come Again.
• Chap. XXIV.—
• God Continually Shows Us In Nature That There Will Be a Resurrection.
• Chap. XXV.—
• The PhŒnix an Emblem of Our Resurrection.
• Chap. XXVI.—
• We Shall Rise Again, Then, As the Scripture Also Testifies.
• Chap. XXVII.—
• In the Hope of the Resurrection, Let Us Cleave to the Omnipotent and Omniscient God.
• Chap. XXVIII.—
• God Sees All Things: Therefore Let Us Avoid Transgression.
• Chap. XXIX.—
• Let Us Also Draw Near to God In Purity of Heart.
• Chap. XXX.—
• Let Us Do Those Things That Please God, and Flee From Those He Hates, That We May Be Blessed.
• Chap. XXXI.—
• Let Us See By What Means We May Obtain the Divine Blessing.
• Chap. XXXII.—
• We Are Justified Not By Our Own Works, But By Faith.
• Chap. XXXIII.—
• But Let Us Not Give Up the Practice of Good Works and Love. God Himself Is an Example to Us of Good Works.
• Chap. XXXIV.—
• Great Is the Reward of Good Works With God. Joined Together In Harmony, Let Us Implore That Reward From Him.
• Chap. XXXV.—
• Immense Is This Reward. How Shall We Obtain It?
• Chap. XXXVI.—
• All Blessings Are Given to Us Through Christ.
• Chap. XXXVII.—
• Christ Is Our Leader, and We His Soldiers.
• Chap. XXXVIII.—
• Let the Members of the Church Submit Themselves, and No One Exalt Himself Above Another.
• Chap. XXXIX.—
• There Is No Reason For Self-conceit.
• Chap. Xl.—
• Let Us Preserve In the Church the Order Appointed By God.
• Chap. Xli.—
• Continuation of the Same Subject.
• Chap. Xlii.—
• The Order of Ministers In the Church.
• Chap. Xliii.—
• Moses of Old Stilled the Contention Which Arose Concerning the Priestly Dignity.
• Chap. Xliv.—
• The Ordinances of the Apostles, That There Might Be No Contention Respecting the Priestly Office.
• Chap. Xlv.—
• It Is the Part of the Wicked to Vex the Righteous.
• Chap. Xlvi.—
• Let Us Cleave to the Righteous: Your Strife Is Pernicious.
• Chap. Xlvii.—
• Your Recent Discord Is Worse Than the Former Which Took Place In the Times of Paul.
• Chap. Xlviii.—
• Let Us Return to the Practice of Brotherly Love.
• Chap. Xlix.—
• The Praise of Love.
• Chap. L.—
• Let Us Pray to Be Thought Worthy of Love.
• Chap. Li.—
• Let the Partakers In Strife Acknowledge Their Sins.
• Chap. Lii.—
• Such a Confession Is Pleasing to God.
• Chap. Liii.—
• The Love of Moses Towards His People.
• Chap. Liv.—
• He Who Is Full of Love Will Incur Every Loss, That Peace May Be Restored to the Church.
• Chap. Lv.—
• Examples of Such Love.
• Chap. Lvi.—
• Let Us Admonish and Correct One Another.
• Chap. Lvii.—
• Let the Authors of Sedition Submit Themselves.
• Chap. Lviii.—
• Submission the Precursor of Salvation.
• Chap. Lix.—
• Warning Against Disobedience. Prayer.
• Chap. Lx.—
• Prayer Continued.
• Chap. Lxi.—
• Prayer Continued—for Rulers and Governors. Conclusion.
• Chap. Lxii.—
• Summary and Conclusory—concerning Godliness.
• Chap. Lxiii.—
• Hortatory, Letter Sent By Special Messengers.
• Chap. Lxiv.—
• Blessings Sought For All That Call Upon God.
• Chap. Lxv.—
• The Corinthians Are Exhorted Speedily to Send Back Word That Peace Has Been Restored. the Benediction.
• Introductory Notice.
• The Second Epistle of Clement. 1
• Chap. I.—
• We Ought to Think Highly of Christ.
• Chap. II.—
• The Church, Formerly Barren, Is Now Fruitful.
• Chap. III.—
• The Duty of Confessing Christ.
• Chap. IV.—
• True Confession of Christ.
• Chap. V.—
• This World Should Be Despised.
• Chap. VI.—
• The Present and Future Worlds Are Enemies to Each Other.
• Chap. VII.—
• We Must Strive In Order to Be Crowned.
• Chap. VIII.—
• The Necessity of Repentance While We Are On Earth.
• Chap. IX.—
• We Shall Be Judged In the Flesh.
• Chap. X.—
• Vice Is to Be Forsaken, and Virtue Followed.
• Chap. XI.—
• We Ought to Serve God, Trusting In His Promises.
• Chap. XII.—
• We Are Constantly to Look For the Kingdom of God.
• Chap. XIII.—
• God’s Name Not to Be Blasphemed.
• Chap. XIV.—
• The Church Spiritual.
• Chap. XV.—
• He Who Saves and He Who Is Saved.
• Chap. XVI.—
• Preparation For the Day of Judgment.
• Chap. XVII.—
• Same Subject Continued.
• Chap. XVIII.—
• The Author Sinful, Yet Pursuing.
• Chap. XIX.—
• Reward of the Righteous, Although They May Suffer.
• Chap. XX.—
• Godliness, Not Gain, the True Riches.
• IV.: The Apology of Aristides the Philosopher
• Introduction.
• The Apology of Aristides As It Is Preserved In the History of Barlaam and Josaphat.
• The Apology of Aristides the Philosopher.
• V.: The Passion of the Scillitan Martyrs.
• Introduction.
• The Passion of the Scillitan Martyrs.
• B.: Commentaries of Origen.
• Epistle to Gregory and Origen’s Commentary On the Gospel of John
• Introduction.
• Letter of Origen to Gregory.
• I.: Origen’s Commentary On the Gospel of John.
• Book I.
• Book II.
• Fragments of the Fourth Book. 1
• From the Fifth Book.
• Sixth Book.
• Tenth Book.
• II.: Origen’s Commentary On the Gospel of Matthew
• Introduction.
• From the First Book of the Commentary On Matthew. 1
• From the Second Book of the Commentary On the Gospel According to Matthew.
• Book II. 1
• Book X.
• Book XI.
• Book XII.
• Book XIII.
• Book XIV.

SECTION V.

§ 5Mt. 4, 10.Lk. 4, 13.Mt. 4, 11b.1Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou2 shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serve. And when the3 devil had completed all his temptations, he departed from him for a season. And behold, the angels drew near and ministered unto him.

Jo. 1, 35.Jo. 1, 36.Jo. 1, 37.Jo. 1, 38.4, 5And next day John was standing, and two of his disciples; and he saw Jesus as6 he was walking, and said, Behold, the Lamb of God! And his two disciples heard7 him saying this,6 and they followed Jesus. And Jesus turned and saw them coming after him, and said unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Our master,8 where art thou staying? And he said unto them, Come and see.Jo. 1, 39. And they came and saw his place, and abode with him that day: and it was about the tenth hour.9 One of the two which heard from7 John, and followed Jesus, was Andrew the10 brother of Simon. And he saw first Simon his brother, and said unto him,Jo. 1, 40.Jo. 1, 41a.Jo. 1, 42a. We have11 found the Messiah. And he brought him unto Jesus. And Jesus looked upon him and said, Thou art Simon, son of Jonah: thou shalt be called Cephas.8

Jo. 1, 43.Jo. 1, 44.Jo. 1, 45.12And on the next day Jesus desired to go forth to Galilee, and he found Philip,13 and said unto him, Follow me. Now Philip was of Bethsaida, of the city14 of Andrew and Simon.Arabic, p. 19 And Philip found Nathanael, and said unto him, He of whom Moses did write in the law and in the prophets, we have found that15 he is Jesus the son of Joseph of Nazareth. Nathanael said unto him,Jo. 1, 46. Is it possible that there can be any good thing from Nazareth? Philip said unto him, Come and16 see. And Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him,Jo. 1, 47.Jo. 1, 48. This is indeed a117 son of Israel in whom is no guile. And Nathanael said unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus said unto him, Before Philip called thee, while thou wast under the18 fig tree, I saw thee. Nathanael answered and said unto him,Jo. 1, 49.Jo. 1, 50. My Master, thou art19 the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel. Jesus said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, hast thou believed? thou shalt see what is20 greater than this. And he said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you,Jo. 1, 51. Henceforth ye shall see the heavens opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

Lk. 4, 14a.21And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee.

Jo. 2, 1.Jo. 2, 2.Jo. 2, 3.Jo. 2, 4.Jo. 2, 5.Jo. 2, 6.Jo. 2, 7.Jo. 2, 8.Jo. 2, 9.22And on the third day there was a feast in Cana,2 a city of Galilee; and the23 mother of Jesus was there: and Jesus also and his disciples were invited to the24 feast. And they lacked wine: and his mother said unto Jesus, They have no wine.25 And Jesus said unto her, What have I to do with thee, woman? hath not mine26 hour come?3 And his mother said unto the servants, What he saith unto you, do.27 And there were there six vessels of stone, placed for the Jews’ purification, such as28 would contain two or three jars. And Jesus said unto them, Fill the vessels29 with water.Arabic, p. 20 And they filled them to the top. He said unto them, Draw30 out now, and present to the ruler of the feast. And they did so. And when the ruler of the company tasted that water which had become wine, and knew not whence it was (but the servants knew, because they filled up the water), the ruler of the company called31 the bridegroom, and said unto him, Every man presenteth first the good wine,Jo. 2, 10. and on intoxication he bringeth what is poor; but thou hast kept the good wine until32 now. And this is the first sign4 which Jesus did in Cana of Galilee,Jo. 2, 11.Lk. 4, 14b.Lk. 4, 15.Lk. 4, 16. and manifested33 his glory; and his disciples believed on him. And his fame spread in all the country34 which was around them. And he taught in their synagogues, and was glorified35 by5 every man. And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and entered, according to his custom, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood36 up to read. And he was given the book of Isaiah the prophet.Lk. 4, 17. And Jesus opened the book and found the place where it was written,

• 37The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,

  Lk. 4, 18.

• And for this anointed he me, to preach good tidings to the poor;
• And he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted,
• And to proclaim forgiveness to the evil-doers,6 and sight to the blind,
• And to bring the broken into forgiveness,7
• 38And to proclaim an acceptable year of the Lord.

  Lk. 4, 19.

  Lk. 4, 20.

  Lk. 4, 21.

39And he rolled up the book and gave it to the servant, and went and sat down:40 and the eyes of all that were in the synagogue were observing him. And he began to say unto them, To-day hath this scripture been fulfilled which ye have heard with41 your ears. And they all bare him witness,Lk. 4, 22a. and wondered at the words of grace which were proceeding from his mouth.

Mt. 4, 17a.Mk. 1, 15.42And from that time began Jesus to proclaim the gospel of the kingdom43 of God, and to say, Repent ye, and believe in the gospel. The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of heaven hath come near.Arabic, p. 21

Mt. 4, 18.44And while he was walking on the shore of the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren, Simon who was called Cephas, and Andrew his brother, casting their nets into45 the sea; for they were fishers. And Jesus said unto them,Mt. 4, 19.Mt. 4, 20.Mt. 4, 21. Follow me, and I will46 make you fishers of men. And they immediately left their nets there and followed47 him. And when he went on from thence, he saw other two brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the ship with Zebedee their father, mending48 their nets; and Jesus called them.Mt. 4, 22. And they immediately forsook the ship and their father Zebedee, and followed him.

Lk. 5, 1.Lk. 5, 2.49And when the multitude gathered unto him to hear the word of God, while he50 was standing on the shore of the sea of Gennesaret, he saw two boats standing beside the sea, while1 the two fishers which were gone out of them were washing their51 nets. And one of them belonged to Simon Cephas.Lk. 5, 3. And Jesus went up and sat down in it, and commanded that they should move away a little from the land into52 the water. And he sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat.Lk. 5, 4. And when he had left off his speaking, he said unto Simon, Put out into the deep, and cast your53 net for a draught. And Simon answered and said unto him, My Master,Lk. 5, 5.Lk. 5, 6. we toiled54 all night and caught nothing; now2 at thy word I will cast the net. And when they did this, there were enclosed3 a great many fishes; and their net was on the55 point of breaking. And they beckoned to their comrades that were in the other boat, to come and help them. And when they came, they filled both boats,Lk. 5, 7. so that they were on the point of sinking.