Fragments from the Writings of Peter.

 Fragments from the Writings of Peter.

 Since certainly “grace and truth came by Jesus Christ,” whence also by grace we are saved, according to that word of the apostle, “and that not of you

 And He said unto Judas, “Betrayest thou the Son of God with a kiss?” These things and the like, and all the signs which He showed, and His miracles, p

 Both therefore is proved, that he was God by nature, and was made man by nature.

 V.—That Up to the Time of the Destruction of Jerusalem, the Jews Rightly Appointed the Fourteenth Day of the First Lunar Month.

 The things which pertain to the divinity and humanity of the Second Man from heaven, in what has been written above, according to the blessed apostle,

 Wretch that I am! I have not remembered that God observes the mind, and hears the voice of the soul. I turned consciously to sin, saying to myself, Go

 And in the Gospel according to Matthew, the Lord said to him who betrayed Him: “Betrayest thou the Son of Man with a kiss?” which Peter the Martyr and

 In the meanwhile the evangelist says with firmness, “The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.” From this we learn that the angel, when he saluted

Fragments from the Writings of Peter.

I.—Letter to the Church at Alexandria.1 From Gallandius.

Peter, to the brethren beloved and established in the faith of God, peace in the Lord. Since I have found out that Meletius acts in no way for the common good,—for neither is he contented with the letter of the most holy bishops and martyrs,—but, invading my parish,2 [See p. 240, supra. But note, the parish was greater than the diocese in ancient terminology.] hath assumed so much to himself as to endeavour to separate from my authority the priests,3 [Presbyters.] and those who had been entrusted with visiting the needy;4 [Deacons.] and, giving proof of his desire for pre-eminence, has ordained in the prison several unto himself; now, take ye heed to this, and hold no communion with him, until I meet him in company with some wise and discreet men, and see what the designs are which he has thought upon. Fare ye well.