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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 XXIII.

§ 23Mt. 15, 29.Mt. 15, 30a.1And Jesus departed thence, and came to the side of the sea of Galilee, and went2 up into the mountain, and sat there. And there came unto him great multitudes, having with them lame, and blind, and dumb, and maimed, and many others, and3 they cast them at the feet of Jesus;Jo. 4, 45b.Mt. 15, 30b.Mt. 15, 31. for they had seen all the signs which he did in4 Jerusalem, when they were gathered at the feast. And he healed them all. And those multitudes marvelled when they saw dumb men speak, and maimed men healed, and lame men walk, and blind men see; and they praised the God of Israel.

5And Jesus called his disciples, and said unto them,Mt. 15, 32. I have compassion on this multitude, because of their continuing with me three days, having nothing to eat; and to send them away fasting I am not willing, lest they faint in the way,Mk. 8, 3b.Mt. 15, 33.Mt. 15, 34.Mt. 15, 35.Mt. 15, 36. some of them having6 come from far. His disciples said unto him, Whence have we in the desert7 bread wherewith to satisfy all this multitude? Jesus said unto them, How8 many loaves have ye? They said unto him, Seven,Arabic, p. 89 and a few small fishes. And he9 commanded the multitudes to sit down upon the ground; and he took those seven loaves and the fish, and blessed, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before10 them; and the disciples set before the multitudes. And they all ate,Mt. 15, 37. and were satisfied: and they took that which remained over of the fragments, seven basketfuls.11 And the people that are were four thousand men, besides the women and children.Mt. 15, 38.Mt. 15, 39.12 And when the multitudes departed, he went up into the boat, and came to the borders of Magada.1

Mt. 16, 1a.Mk. 8, 11b.13And the Pharisees and Sadducees came to him, and began to seek a discussion with him. And they asked him to shew them a sign from heaven, tempting him.14 And Jesus sighed within himself, and said,Mk. 8, 12a.Mt. 16, 4. What sign seeketh this evil and adulterous generation? It seeketh a sign, and it shall not be given a sign, except the sign15 of Jonah the prophet. Verily I say unto you,Mk. 8, 12b.Mk. 8, 13.Mk. 8, 14.Mk. 8, 15. This generation shall not be given a16 sign. And he left2 them, and went up into the boat, and went away to that side.

17And his disciples forgot to take with them bread, and there was not with them18 in the boat, not even3 one loaf. And Jesus charged them, and said, Take heed, and guard yourselves from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees, and from the19 leaven of Herod.Mt. 16, 7.Mt. 16, 8.Mk. 8, 17b.Mk. 8, 18.Mk. 8, 19. And they reflected within themselves that they had taken with them20 no bread. And Jesus knew, and said unto them, Why4 think ye within yourselves, O ye of little faith, and are anxious, because ye have no bread? until now do ye not perceive,21 neither understand? is your heart yet hard? And have ye eyes, and yet see not?22 and have ye ears,Arabic, p. 90 and yet hear not? and do ye not remember when I brake those five loaves for five thousand? and how many baskets full of broken23 pieces took ye5 up? They said, Twelve. He said unto them,Mk. 8, 20. And the seven also for four thousand: how many baskets full of broken pieces took ye up? They24 said, Seven. He said unto them,Mk. 8, 21a.Mt. 16, 11. How have ye not understood that I spake not to you because of6 the bread, but that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees25 and Sadducees? Then they understood that he spake,Mt. 16, 12. not that they should beware of the leaven of the bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees, which he called leaven.

Mk. 8, 22.Mk. 8, 23.26And after that, he came to Bethsaida. And they brought to him a certain7 blind27man, and besought him that he would touch him. And he took the hand of that blind man, and led him out without the village, and spat in his eyes, and laid his28 hand on him,8 and asked him, What seest thou?Mk. 8, 24.Mk. 8, 25.Mk. 8, 26. And that blind man looked intently,29 and said unto him, I see men as trees walking. And he placed his hand30 again on his eyes; and they were restored,9 and he saw everything clearly. And he sent him to his house, and said, Do not enter even into the village, nor tell any man in the village.

Mk. 8, 27a.Mt. 16, 13b.Mt. 16, 14.31And Jesus went forth, and his disciples, to the villages of Cæsarea Philippi.32 And while he was going in the way, and his disciples alone,10 he asked his disciples,33 and said, What do men say of me that I am, the Son of man?11 They said unto him, Some say, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the34, 35 prophets. He said unto them, And ye, what say ye that I am?Mt. 16, 15.Mt. 16, 16.Mt. 16, 17. Simon Cephas answered36 and said, Thou art the Messiah, the Son of the living God. Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon son of Jonah: flesh and37 blood hath not revealed it unto thee,Arabic, p. 91 but my Father which is in heaven.Mt. 16, 18. And I say unto thee also, that thou art Cephas,1 and on this rock will I build my church; and the38 gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.Mt. 16, 19. To thee will I give the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and39 whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.Mt. 16, 20. And he sternly charged his disciples, and warned them that they should not tell any man concerning40 him, that he was the Messiah.Mt. 16, 21a.Mk. 8, 31b. And henceforth began Jesus to shew to his disciples41 that he was determined2 to go to Jerusalem, and suffer much, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and of the scribes, and be killed, and on the42 third day rise. And he was speaking3 plainly. And Simon Cephas,Mk. 8, 32a.Mt. 16, 22.Mk. 8, 33a.Mt. 16, 23b. as one grieved43 for him, said, Far be thou, my Lord, from that. And he turned, and looked upon44 his disciples, and rebuked Simon, and said, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou art a stumblingblock unto me: for thou thinkest not of what pertains to God, but of what pertains to men.

Mk. 8, 34a.Lk. 9, 23b.Mk. 8, 35.Lk. 9, 25.Mk. 8, 37.Mk. 8, 38.45And Jesus called the multitudes with his disciples, and said unto them, Whosoever would come after me, let him deny himself, and take his cross every day, and46 come after me. And whosoever would save his life shall lose it; and whosoever47 loseth his life for my sake, and for the sake of my gospel, shall save it. What shall48 a man profit, if he gain all the world, and destroy4 his own life,5 or lose it? or what49 will a man give in ransom for his life? Arabic, p. 92 Whosoever shall deny me and my sayings in this sinful and adulterous generation, the Son of man also will50 deny him, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with his holy angels.Mt. 16, 27. For the Son of man is about to6 come in the glory of his Father with his holy angels; and then shall he reward each man according to his works.