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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 XXXIV.

§ 34Mt. 22, 15.Lk. 20, 20b.Mt. 22, 16.1Then went the Pharisees and considered how they might ensnare him in a word,2 and deliver him into the power of the judge,4 and into the power of the ruler. And they sent unto him their disciples, with the kinsfolk of Herod; and they said unto him, Teacher,Arabic, p. 129 we know that thou speakest the truth, and teachest the way of God with equity,5 and art not lifted up6 by any man: for thou actest not so as to3 be seen of any man. Tell us now, What is thy opinion?Mt. 22, 17.Mk. 12, 15a.Mt. 22, 18b.Mt. 22, 19.Mt. 22, 20. Is it lawful that we should4 pay the tribute to Cæsar, or not? shall we give, or shall we not give? But Jesus knew5 their deceit, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? Shew me the6 penny of the tribute. So they brought unto him a penny. Jesus said unto them, To whom belongeth this image and inscription? They said unto him, To Cæsar.7, 8 He said unto them, Give what is Cæsar’s to Cæsar, and what is God’s to God.Mt. 22, 21.Lk. 20, 26. And they could not make him slip in a single word before the people; and they marvelled at his word, and refrained.

9And on that day came the Sadducees, and said unto him,7Mt. 22, 23.Mt. 22, 24. There is no life for10 the dead. And they asked him, and said unto him, Teacher, Moses said unto us, If a man die, not having children, let his brother take his wife,Mt. 22, 25.Lk. 20, 29b.Lk. 20, 30. and raise up seed11 for his brother. Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first took a wife,12 and died without children; and the second took his wife, and died without children;13 and the third also took her; and in like manner the seven of them also,Lk. 20, 31.Mt. 22, 27.Mt. 22, 28. and they14, 15 died without leaving children. And last of them all the woman died also. At the resurrection, then, which of these seven shall have this woman?Mt. 22, 29a.Mk. 12, 24b.Lk. 20, 34b.Lk. 20, 35. for all of them took16 her. Jesus answered and said unto them, Is it not for this that ye have erred,17 because ye know not the scriptures, nor the power of God? And the sons of this18 world take wives, and the women become the men’s;8 but those that have become worthy of that world, and the resurrection from among the dead, do9 not take 19wives,Arabic, p. 130 and the women also do1 not become the men’s. Nor is it possible that they should die;Lk. 20, 36. but they2 are like the angels, and are the children of20 God, because they have become the children of the resurrection.Mt. 22, 30a.Mk. 12, 26b. For in3 the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read in the book of Moses, how from the bush God said unto him, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?21 And God is not the God of the dead, but of the living:Lk. 20, 38.Mk. 12, 27b.Mt. 22, 33.Lk. 20, 39.Mt. 22, 34. for all of them are alive with him. And ye have erred greatly.

22, 23And when the multitudes heard, they were wondering at his teaching. And24 some of the scribes answered and said unto him, Teacher, thou hast well said. But the rest of the Pharisees, when they saw his silencing the Sadducees on this point, gathered against him to contend with him.

25And one of the scribes, of those that knew the law,Mt. 22, 35a.Mk. 12, 28b.Lk. 10, 25b.Mk. 12, 28b.Mk. 12, 29.Mk. 12, 30a.Mt. 22, 37b.4Mt. 22, 38.Mk. 12, 31. when he saw the excellence26 of his answer to them, desired to try him, and said unto him, What shall I do to inherit eternal life? and, Which of the commandments is greater, and has precedence27 in the law? Jesus said unto him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O28 Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy thought, and with all thy29, 30 strength. This is the great and preëminent5 commandment. And the second, which is like it, is, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. And another commandment31 greater than these two there is not.Mt. 22, 40.Mk. 12, 32. On these two commandments, then, are hung the32 law and the prophets. That scribe said unto him, Excellent! my Master;Arabic, p. 1316 thou hast said truly that he is one, and there is no other outside of him:33 and that a man should love him with all his heart, and with all his thought,Mk. 12, 33. and with all his soul, and with all his strength, and that he should love his neighbour as34 himself, is better than all savours and sacrifices.Mk. 12, 34a. And Jesus saw him that he had answered wisely; and he answered and said unto him,Lk. 10, 28b.Lk. 10, 29. Thou art not far from the35, 36 kingdom of God. Thou hast spoken rightly: do this, and thou shalt live. And he, as his desire was to justify himself, said unto him, And who is my neighbour?37 Jesus said unto him, A man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho;Lk. 10, 30. and the robbers fell upon him, and stripped7 him, and beat him, his life remaining in him but little,838 and went away. And it happened that there came down a certain priest that way;Lk. 10, 31.Lk. 10, 32.Lk. 10, 33.Lk. 10, 34.39 and he saw him, and passed by. And likewise a Levite also came and reached40 that place, and saw him, and passed by. And a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed,41 came to9 the place where he was, and saw him, and had compassion on him, and came near, and bound up his strokes,10 and poured on them wine and oil; and he set11 him on the ass, and brought him to the inn, and expended his care upon him.42 And on the morrow of that day he took out two pence,Lk. 10, 35. and gave them to the inn-keeper, and said unto him, Care for him; and if thou spendest upon him more,43 when I return, I shall give thee. Who of these three now, thinkest thou,Lk. 10, 36.Lk. 10, 37.Mk. 12, 34b. is nearest44 to him that fell among the robbers? And he said unto him, He that had compassion45 on him. Jesus said unto him, Go, and do thou also likewise.Arabic, p. 132 And no man dared afterwards to ask him anything.

46And he was teaching every day in the temple.Lk. 19, 47.Lk. 19, 48. But the chief priests and scribes and the elders of the people sought to destroy him: and they could12 not find what47 they should do with him; and all the people were hanging upon him to hear him.48 And many of the multitude believed on him, and said, The Messiah,Jo. 7, 31.Jo. 7, 32. when he49 cometh, can it be that he will do more than these signs that this man doeth? And the Pharisees heard the multitudes say that of him; and the chief priests sent50 officers13 to seize him. And Jesus said unto them,Jo. 7, 33. I am with you but a short time 51yet, and I go to him that sent me. And ye shall seek me, and shall not find me:Jo. 7, 34.Jo. 7, 35.52 and where I shall be, ye shall not be able to come. The Jews said within themselves, Whither hath this man determined to go that we shall not be able1to find him? can it be that he is determined to go to the regions of the nations,2 and teach53 the heathen? What is this word that he said, Ye shall seek me,Jo. 7, 36. and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come?