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Anonymous, The Clementine Homilies
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Chapter II.—Misrepresentation of Peter’s Doctrine.
Chapter IV.—An Adjuration Concerning the Receivers of the Book.
Chapter V.—The Adjuration Accepted.
Chapter II.—Ordination of Clement.
Chapter IV.—The Recompense of the Reward.
Chapter VI.—The Duty of a Bishop.
Chapter VII.—Duties of Presbyters.
Chapter VIII.—“Do Good Unto All?”
Chapter IX.—“Let Brotherly Love Continue.”
Chapter X.—“Whatsoever Things are Honest.”
Chapter XI.—Doubts to Be Satisfied.
Chapter XII.—Duties of Deacons.
Chapter XIII.—Duties of Catechists.
Chapter XIV.—The Vessel of the Church.
Chapter XV.—Incidents of the Voyage.
Chapter XVI.—The Bishop’s Labours and Reward.
Chapter XVII.—The People’s Duties.
Chapter XVIII.—“As a Heathen Man and a Publican.”
Chapter XIX.—Installation of Clement.
Chapter XX.—Clement’s Obedience.
Chapter VI.—Tidings from Judæa.
Chapter VII.—The Gospel in Rome.
Chapter VIII.—Departure from Rome.
Chapter IX.—Preaching of Barnabas.
Chapter X.—Cavils of the Philosophers.
Chapter XII.—Clement’s Rebuke of the People.
Chapter XIII.—Clement Instructed by Barnabas.
Chapter XIV.—Departure of Barnabas.
Chapter XV.—Introduction to Peter.
Chapter XVI.—Peter’s Salutation.
Chapter XVII.—Questions Propounded.
Chapter XVIII.—Causes of Ignorance.
Chapter XIX.—The True Prophet.
Chapter XX.—Peter’s Satisfaction with Clement.
Chapter XXI.—Unalterable Conviction.
Chapter II.—A Sound Mind in a Sound Body.
Chapter III.—Forewarned is Forearmed.
Chapter V.—Excellence of the Knowledge of the True Prophet.
Chapter VII.—Unaided Quest of Truth Profitless.
Chapter IX.—“The Weak Things of the World.”
Chapter X.—Test of the Prophet.
Chapter XI.—Ignorance, Knowledge, Foreknowledge.
Chapter XII.—Doctrine of the True Prophet.
Chapter XIII.—Future Rewards and Punishments.
Chapter XIV.—Righteousness and Unrighteousness.
Chapter XVI.—Man’s Ways Opposite to God’s.
Chapter XVII.—First the Worse, Then the Better.
Chapter XVIII.—Mistake About Simon Magus.
Chapter XIX.—Justa, a Proselyte.
Chapter XX.—Divorced for the Faith.
Chapter XXI.—Justa’s Adopted Sons, Associates with Simon.
Chapter XXII.—Doctrines of Simon.
Chapter XXIII.—Simon a Disciple of the Baptist.
Chapter XXIV.—Electioneering Stratagems.
Chapter XXVIII.—Fruitless Counsel.
Chapter XXIX.—Immortality of the Soul.
Chapter XXXII.—Simon’s Prodigies.
Chapter XXXIII.—Doctrine of Pairs.
Chapter XXXIV.—Useless and Philanthropic Miracles.
Chapter XXXV.—Discussion Postponed.
Chapter XXXVI.—All for the Best.
Chapter XXXVII.—Spies in the Enemy’s Camp.
Chapter XXXVIII.—Corruption of the Law.
Chapter XL.—Preliminary Instruction.
Chapter XLI.—Asking for Information, Not Contradiction.
Chapter XLII.—Right Notions of God Essential to Holiness.
Chapter XLIII.—A Priori Argument on the Divine Attributes.
Chapter XLIV.—The Same Continued.
Chapter XLV.—How God is to Be Thought of.
Chapter XLVI.—Judgment to Come.
Chapter XLVII.—A Pertinent Question.
Chapter XLVIII.—A Particular Case.
Chapter L.—A Satisfactory Answer.
Chapter LI.—Weigh in the Balance.
Chapter LII.—Sins of the Saints Denied.
Chapter LIII.—Close of the Conference.
Chapter IV.—Snares Laid for the Gentiles.
Chapter VI.—Purgatory and Hell.
Chapter VIII.—Wiles of the Devil.
Chapter IX.—Uncertainty of the Scriptures.
Chapter XI.—Distinction Between Prediction and Prophecy.
Chapter XIII.—Prophetic Knowledge Constant.
Chapter XIV.—Prophetic Spirit Constant.
Chapter XV.—Christ’s Prophecies.
Chapter XVI.—Doctrine of Conjunction.
Chapter XVII.—Whether Adam Had the Spirit.
Chapter XVIII.—Adam Not Ignorant.
Chapter XX.—Christ the Only Prophet Has Appeared in Different Ages.
Chapter XXI.—The Eating of the Forbidden Fruit Denied.
Chapter XXII.—Male and Female.
Chapter XXIII.—Two Kinds of Prophecy.
Chapter XXIV.—The Prophetess a Misleader.
Chapter XXV.—Cain’s Name and Nature.
Chapter XXVI.—Abel’s Name and Nature.
Chapter XXVII.—The Prophet and the Prophetess.
Chapter XXVIII.—Spiritual Adultery.
Chapter XXIX.—The Signal Given.
Chapter XXX.—Apostolic Salutation.
Chapter XXXIII.—Works of Creation.
Chapter XXXIV.—Extent of Creation.
Chapter XXXV.—“These are a Part of His Ways.”
Chapter XXXVI.—Dominion Over the Creatures.
Chapter XXXVII.—“Whom to Know is Life Eternal.”
Chapter XXXVIII.—Simon’s Challenge.
Chapter XXXIX.—Defects Ascribed to God.
Chapter XLI.—“Status Quæstionis.”
Chapter XLIII.—God’s Foreknowledge.
Chapter XLVI.—Disparagements of God.
Chapter XLVII.—Foreknowledge of Moses.
Chapter XLVIII.—Test of Truth.
Chapter XLIX.—The True Prophet.
Chapter L.—His Teaching Concerning the Scriptures.
Chapter LI.—His Teaching Concerning the Law.
Chapter LII.—Other Sayings of Christ.
Chapter LIII.—Other Sayings of Christ.
Chapter LV.—Teaching of Christ.
Chapter LVI.—Teaching of Christ.
Chapter LVII.—Teaching of Christ.
Chapter LVIII.—Flight of Simon.
Chapter LIX.—Peter’s Resolution to Follow.
Chapter LX.—Successor to Be Appointed.
Chapter LXII.—Obedience Leads to Peace.
Chapter LXIII.—Zacchæus Appointed.
Chapter LXVI.—Danger of Disobedience.
Chapter LXVII.—Duties of Church Office-Bearers.
Chapter LXVIII.—“Marriage Always Honourable.”
Chapter LXIX.—“Not Forsaking the Assembling of Yourselves Together.”
Chapter LXX.—“Hear the Bishop.”
Chapter LXXI.—Various Duties of Christians.
Chapter II.—Simon’s Practices.
Chapter III.—Object of the Mission.
Chapter V.—Discretion the Better Part of Valour.
Chapter VI.—Simon’s Departure.
Chapter VII.—Appion’s Salutation.
Chapter IX.—Unworthy Ends of Philosophers.
Chapter XIV.—“Doctrine According to Godliness.”
Chapter XV.—Wickedness of the Gods.
Chapter XVI.—Wickedness of Jupiter.
Chapter XVII.—“Their Makers are Like Unto Them.”
Chapter XIX.—“Where Ignorance is Bliss.”
Chapter XX.—False Theories of Philosophers.
Chapter XXI.—Evils of Adultery.
Chapter XXII.—A More Excellent Way.
Chapter XXIII.—“Whither Shall I Go from Thy Presence?”
Chapter XXV.—An Engagement for To-Morrow.
Chapter II.—Clement’s Previous Knowledge of Appion.
Chapter IV.—Appion’s Undertaking.
Chapter VII.—A Distinction with a Difference.
Chapter VIII.—Flattery or Magic.
Chapter X.—The Lover to the Beloved One.
Chapter XI.—“All Uncleanness with Greediness.”
Chapter XII.—Jupiter’s Amours.
Chapter XIII.—Jupiter’s Amours Continued.
Chapter XIV.—Jupiter’s Undisguised Amours.
Chapter XVI.—Praise of Unchastity.
Chapter XVII.—The Constellations.
Chapter XVIII.—The Philosophers Advocates of Adultery.
Chapter XIX.—Close of the Love-Letter.
Chapter XX.—The Use Made of It.
Chapter XXI.—Answer to Appion’s Letter.
Chapter XXIII.—The Gods No Gods.
Chapter XXIV.—If a Principle Be Good, Carry It Out.
Chapter XXV.—Better to Marry Than to Burn.
Chapter XXVI.—Close of the Answer.
Chapter XXVII.—A Reason for Hatred.
Chapter XXVIII.—The Hoax Confessed.
Chapter XXIX.—Appion’s Resentment.
Chapter XXX.—A Discussion Promised.
Chapter II.—The Myths are Not to Be Taken Literally.
Chapter III.—Appion Proceeds to Interpret the Myths.
Chapter V.—Kronos and Rhea Explained.
Chapter VII.—Poseidon, Zeus, and Metis.
Chapter VIII.—Pallas and Hera.
Chapter X.—All Such Stories are Allegorical.
Chapter XI.—Clement Has Heard All This Before.
Chapter XII.—Epitome of Appion’s Explanation.
Chapter XIII.—Kronos and Aphrodite.
Chapter XIV.—Peleus and Thetis, Prometheus, Achilles, and Polyxena.
Chapter XV.—The Judgment of Paris.
Chapter XVII.—They are Blameworthy Who Invented Such Stories.
Chapter XIX.—None of These Allegories are Consistent.
Chapter XX.—These Gods Were Really Wicked Magicians.
Chapter XXI.—Their Graves are Still to Be Seen.
Chapter XXII.—Their Contemporaries, Therefore, Did Not Look on Them as Gods.
Chapter XXIII.—The Egyptians Pay Divine Honours to a Man.
Chapter XXIV.—What is Not God.
Chapter XXV.—The Universe is the Product of Mind.
Chapter XXVI.—Peter Arrives from Cæsarea.
Chapter II.—Reason of Simon’s Power.
Chapter V.—Peter Departs for Sidon.
Chapter VIII.—The Service of God’s Appointment.
Chapter IX.—Simon Attacks Peter.
Chapter X.—Simon is Driven Away.
Chapter XI.—The Way of Salvation.
Chapter XII.—Peter Goes to Byblus and Tripolis.
Chapter II.—Peter’s Thoughtfulness.
Chapter III.—A Conversation Interrupted.
Chapter V.—Faith the Gift of God.
Chapter VI.—Concealment and Revelation.
Chapter VII.—Moses and Christ.
Chapter VIII.—A Large Congregation.
Chapter IX.—“Vindicate the Ways of God to Men.”
Chapter XI.—Cause of the Fall of Man.
Chapter XII.—Metamorphoses of the Angels.
Chapter XIII.—The Fall of the Angels.
Chapter XIV.—Their Discoveries.
Chapter XVIII.—The Law to the Survivors.
Chapter XIX.—The Law to the Giants or Demons.
Chapter XXI.—Temptation of Christ.
Chapter XXII.—The Marriage Supper.
Chapter XXIII.—The Assembly Dismissed.
Chapter XXIV.—The Sick Healed.
Chapter II.—Monarchy and Polyarchy.
Chapter VII.—Sacrificial Orgies.
Chapter VIII.—The Best Merchandise.
Chapter IX.—How Demons Get Power Over Men.
Chapter X.—How They are to Be Expelled.
Chapter XI.—Unbelief the Demon’s Stronghold.
Chapter XII.—Theory of Disease.
Chapter XIII.—Deceits of the Demons.
Chapter XVI.—Powers of the Demons.
Chapter XVII.—Reasons Why Their Deceits are Not Detected.
Chapter XVIII.—Props of the System.
Chapter XIX.—Privileges of the Baptized.
Chapter XX.—“Not Almost, But Altogether Such as I Am.”
Chapter XXI.—The Demons Subject to the Believer.
Chapter XXII.—“Rather Rejoice.”
Chapter XXIII.—The Sick Healed.
Chapter II.—Ignorance and Error.
Chapter III.—Man the Lord of All.
Chapter VI.—Restoration of the Divine Image.
Chapter VII.—Unprofitableness of Idols.
Chapter VIII.—No Gods Which are Made with Hands.
Chapter IX.—“Eyes Have They, But They See Not.”
Chapter X.—Idolatry a Delusion of the Serpent.
Chapter XI.—Why the Serpent Tempts to Sin.
Chapter XII.—Ignorantia Neminem Excusat
Chapter XIII.—Condemnation of the Ignorant.
Chapter XIV.—Polytheistic Illustration.
Chapter XV.—Its Inconclusiveness.
Chapter XVI.—Gods of the Egyptians.
Chapter XVII.—The Egyptians’ Defence of Their System.
Chapter XVIII.—Answer to the Egyptians.
Chapter XIX.—God’s Peculiar Attribute.
Chapter XX.—Neither the World Nor Any of Its Parts Can Be God.
Chapter XXI.—Idols Not Animated by the Divine Spirit.
Chapter XXII.—Confutation of Idol-Worship.
Chapter XXIII.—Folly of Idolatry.
Chapter XXIV.—Impotence of Idols.
Chapter XXV.—Servants Become Masters.
Chapter XXVI.—The Sick Healed.
Chapter II.—“Giving All Diligence.”
Chapter III.—“Behold What Indignation.”
Chapter V.—Forasmuch as Ye Did It Unto One of These.
Chapter VI.—Why God Suffers Objects of Idolatry to Subsist.
Chapter VII.—“Let Both Grow Together Till the Harvest.”
Chapter VIII.—Liberty and Necessity.
Chapter IX.—God a Jealous God.
Chapter X.—The Creatures Avenge God’s Cause.
Chapter XI.—Immortality of the Soul.
Chapter XII.—Idols Unprofitable.
Chapter XIII.—Arguments in Favour of Idolatry Answered.
Chapter XV.—Heathen Worshippers Under the Power of the Demon.
Chapter XVI.—All Things Work for Good to Them that Love God.
Chapter XVII.—Speaking the Truth in Love.
Chapter XVIII.—Charming of the Serpent.
Chapter XIX.—Not Peace, But a Sword.
Chapter XX.—What If It Be Already Kindled?
Chapter XXI.—“If I Be a Father, Where is My Fear?”
Chapter XXII.—“The Gods that Have Not Made the Heavens.”
Chapter XXIII.—“To Whom Much is Given.”
Chapter XXIV.—“Born of Water.”
Chapter XXV.—Good Works to Be Well Done.
Chapter XXVII.—All Need Baptism.
Chapter XIX.—Outward and Inward Purity.
Chapter XXX.—“Whatsoever Things are Pure.”
Chapter XXXI.—“What Do Ye More Than Others?”
Chapter XXXII.—“To Whom Much is Given.”
Chapter XXXIII.—The Queen of the South and the Men of Nineveh.
Chapter XXXIV.—Peter’s Daily Work.
Chapter XXXV.—“Beware of False Prophets.”
Chapter XXXVI.—Farewell to Tripolis.
Chapter II.—Love of Preachers and Their Converts.
Chapter V.—Clement’s Office of Service.
Chapter VI.—Peter’s Frugality.
Chapter VII.—“Not to Be Ministered Unto, But to Minister.”
Chapter XI.—The Afflictions of the Righteous.
Chapter XIII.—A Woman of a Sorrowful Spirit.
Chapter XV.—The Woman’s Story.
Chapter XVII.—The Fruitless Search.
Chapter XVIII.—Trouble Upon Trouble.
Chapter XX.—Peter’s Account of the Matter.
Chapter XXIII.—Reward of Hospitality.
Chapter XXIV.—All Well Arranged.
Chapter XXV.—Philanthropy and Friendship.
Chapter XXVI.—What is Philanthropy.
Chapter XXVIII.—Difficulty of Judging.
Chapter XXIX.—Sufferings of the Good.
Chapter XXX.—Offences Must Come.
Chapter XXXI.—“Howbeit, They Meant It Not.”
Chapter XXXII.—The Golden Rule.
Chapter XXXIII.—Fear and Love.
Chapter II.—Peter Relates to Nicetas and Aquila the History of Clement and His Family.
Chapter III.—Recognition of Nicetas and Aquila.
Chapter IV.—The Mother Must Not Take Food with Her Son. The Reason Stated.
Chapter V.—Mattidia Wishes to Be Baptized.
Chapter VI.—The Sons Reveal Themselves to the Mother.
Chapter VII.—Nicetas Tells What Befell Him.
Chapter VIII.—Nicetas Like to Be Deceived by Simon Magus.
Chapter IX.—The Mother Begs Baptism for Herself and Her Hostess.
Chapter X.—Mattidia Values Baptism Aright.
Chapter XI.—Mattidia Has Unintentionally Fasted One Day.
Chapter XII.—The Difficulty Solved.
Chapter XIII.—Peter on Chastity.
Chapter XIV.—Peter’s Speech Continued.
Chapter XV.—Peter’s Speech Continued.
Chapter XVI.—Peter’s Speech Continued.
Chapter XVII.—Peter’s Speech Continued.
Chapter XVIII.—Peter’s Speech Continued.
Chapter XIX.—Peter’s Speech Ended.
Chapter XX.—Peter Addresses Mattidia.
Chapter XXI.—The Same Subject Continued.
Chapter II.—The Reason of Peter’s Lateness.
Chapter III.—The Old Man Does Not Believe in God or Providence.
Chapter IV.—Peter’s Arguments Against Genesis.
Chapter V.—Practical Refutation of Genesis.
Chapter VI.—The Old Man Opposes His Personal Experience to the Argument of Peter.
Chapter VII.—The Old Man Tells His Story.
Chapter VIII.—The Old Man Gives Information in Regard to Faustus the Father of Clement.
Chapter IX.—Faustus Himself Appears.
Chapter X.—Faustus Explains His Narrative to Peter.
Chapter XI.—Discussion on Genesis.
Chapter XII.—Clement Undertakes the Discussion.
Chapter II.—Reason for Listening to Peter’s Arguments.
Chapter III.—Obstacles to Faith.
Chapter IV.—Providence Seen in the Events of the Life of Faustus and His Family.
Chapter V.—Difference Between the True Religion and Philosophy.
Chapter VII.—The Explanation of a Parable The Present and the Future Life.
Chapter VIII.—The Present and the Future.
Chapter IX.—Possessions are Transgressions.
Chapter X.—Poverty Not Necessarily Righteous.
Chapter XI.—Exposition of the True Religion Promised.
Chapter II.—The Same Subject Continued.
Chapter III.—The Mode of the Discussion.
Chapter IV.—The Prejudices of Faustus Rather on the Side of Simon Than on that of Peter.
Chapter V.—Peter Commences the Discussion.
Chapter VI.—Simon Appeals to the Old Testament to Prove that There are Many Gods.
Chapter VII.—Peter Appeals to the Old Testament to Prove the Unity of God.
Chapter VIII.—Simon and Peter Continue the Discussion.
Chapter IX.—Simon Tries to Show that the Scriptures Contradict Themselves.
Chapter X.—Peter’s Explanation of the Apparent Contradictions of Scripture.
Chapter XI.—Gen. I. 26Appealed to by Simon.
Chapter XII.—Peter’s Explanation of the Passage.
Chapter XIII.—The Contradictions of the Scriptures Intended to Try Those Who Read Them.
Chapter XIV.—Other Beings Called Gods.
Chapter XV.—Christ Not God, But the Son of God.
Chapter XVI.—The Unbegotten and the Begotten Necessarily Different from Each Other.
Chapter XVII.—The Nature of God.
Chapter XVIII.—The Name of God.
Chapter XIX.—The Shape of God in Man.
Chapter XX.—The Character of God.
Chapter XXI.—Simon Promises to Appeal to the Teaching of Christ. Peter Dismisses the Multitudes.
Chapter II.—Simon’s Speech Against Peter.
Chapter III.—Simon’s Accusation of Peter.
Chapter IV.—It is Asserted that Christ’s Teaching is Different from Peter’s.
Chapter V.—Jesus Inconsistent in His Teaching.
Chapter VI.—Peter Goes Out to Answer Simon.
Chapter VII.—Man in the Shape of God.
Chapter VIII.—God’s Figure: Simon’s Objection Therefrom Refuted.
Chapter IX.—God the Centre or Heart of the Universe.
Chapter X.—The Nature and Shape of God.
Chapter XII.—The Fear and Love of God.
Chapter XIII.—The Evidence of the Senses Contrasted with that from Supernatural Vision.
Chapter XIV.—The Evidence of the Senses More Trustworthy Than that of Supernatural Vision.
Chapter XV.—The Evidence from Dreams Discussed.
Chapter XVI.—None But Evil Demons Appear to the Impious.
Chapter XVII.—The Impious See True Dreams and Visions.
Chapter XVIII.—The Nature of Revelation.
Chapter XIX.—Opposition to Peter Unreasonable.
Chapter XX.—Another Subject for Discussion Proposed.
Chapter II.—Definition of Goodness and Justice.
Chapter III.—God Both Good and Just.
Chapter IV.—The Unrevealed God.
Chapter V.—Peter Doubts Simon’s Honesty.
Chapter VI.—The Nature of Revelation.
Chapter VII.—Simon Confesses His Ignorance.
Chapter VIII.—The Work of Revelation Belongs to the Son Alone.
Chapter IX.—How Simon Bears His Exposure.
Chapter X.—Peter’s Reply to Simon.
Chapter XI.—Simon Professes to Utter His Real Sentiments.
Chapter XII.—Simon’s Opinions Expounded by Peter.
Chapter XIII.—Peter’s Explanation of the Passage.
Chapter XV.—Matthew XI. 25Discussed.
Chapter XVI.—These Things Hidden Justly from the Wise.
Chapter XVII.—The Way to the Kingdom Not Concealed from the Israelites.
Chapter XVIII.—Isaiah I. 3 Explained.
Chapter XIX.—Misconception of God in the Old Testament.
Chapter XX.—Some Parts of the Old Testament Written to Try Us.
Chapter XXI.—Simon’s Astonishment at Peter’s Treatment of the Scriptures.
Chapter XXII.—Peter Worships One God.
Chapter II.—The Existence of the Devil Affirmed.
Chapter III.—Peter Refuses to Discuss Certain Questions in Regard to the Devil.
Chapter IV.—Suppositions in Regard to the Devil’s Origin.
Chapter V.—God Not Deserving of Blame in Permitting the Existence of the Devil.
Chapter VI.—Peter Accuses Simon of Being Worse Than the Devil.
Chapter VII.—Peter Suspects Simon of Not Believing Even in a God.
Chapter VIII.—Peter Undertakes to Discuss the Devil’s Origin.
Chapter IX.—Theories in Regard to the Origin of the Devil.
Chapter X.—The Absolute God Entirely Incomprehensible by Man.
Chapter XI.—The Application of the Attributes of Man to God.
Chapter XII.—God Produced the Wicked One, But Not Evil.
Chapter XIII.—God the Maker of the Devil.
Chapter XIV.—Is Matter Eternal?
Chapter XV.—Sin the Cause of Evil.
Chapter XVI.—Why the Wicked One is Entrusted with Power.
Chapter XVII.—The Devil Has Not Equal Power with God.
Chapter XVIII.—Is the Devil a Relation?
Chapter XIX.—Some Actions Really Wicked.
Chapter XX.—Pain and Death the Result of Sin.
Chapter XXI.—The Uses of Lust, Anger, Grief.
Chapter XXII.—Sins of Ignorance.
Chapter XXIII.—The Inequalities of Lot in Human Life.
Chapter XXIV.—Simon Rebuked by Faustus.
Chapter XXV.—Simon Retires. Sophonias Asks Peter to State His Real Opinions in Regard to Evil.
Chapter III.—The Work of the Good One and of the Evil One.
Chapter IV.—Men Sin Through Ignorance.
Chapter V.—Sophonias Maintains that God Cannot Produce What is Unlike Himself.
Chapter VI.—God’s Power of Changing Himself.
Chapter VII.—The Objection Answered, that One Cannot Change Himself.
Chapter VIII.—The Origin of the Good One Different from that of the Evil One.
Chapter IX.—Why the Wicked One is Appointed Over the Wicked by the Righteous God.
Chapter X.—Why Some Believe, and Others Do Not.
Chapter XI.—Arrival of Appion and Annubion.
Chapter XII.—Faustus Appears to His Friends with the Face of Simon.
Chapter XIII.—The Flight of Simon.
Chapter XIV.—The Change in the Form of Faustus Caused by Simon.
Chapter XV.—The Repentance of Faustus.
Chapter XVI.—Why Simon Gave to Faustus His Own Shape.
Chapter XVII.—Annubion’s Services to Faustus.
Chapter XVIII.—Peter Promises to Restore to Faustus His Own Shape.
Chapter XIX.—Peter’s Instructions to Faustus.
Chapter XX.—Faustus, His Wife, and Sons, Prepare to Go to Antioch.
Chapter XXI.—Appion and Athenodorus Return in Quest of Faustus.
Chapter XXXIII.—The Queen of the South and the Men of Nineveh.
“But that indeed in the day of judgment the doings of those who have known the truth are compared with the good deeds of those who have been in error, the unlying One Himself has taught us, saying to those who neglected to come and listen to Him, ‘The queen of the south shall rise up with this generation, and shall condemn it; because she came from the extremities of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon: and behold, a greater than Solomon is here,’249 Matt. xii. 42; [Luke xi. 31.—R.] and ye do not believe Him. And to those amongst the people who would not repent at His preaching He said, ‘The men of Nineveh shall rise up with this generation and shall condemn it, for they heard and repented on the preaching of Jonas: and behold, a greater is here, and no one believes.’250 [Matt. xii. 41]; Luke xi. 32. [The order of the two citations suggests that they were taken from Luke.—R.] And thus, setting over against all their impiety those from among the Gentiles who have done well, in order to condemn those who, possessing the true religion, had not acted so well as those who were in error, he exhorted those having reason not only to do equally with the Gentiles whatsoever things are excellent, but more than they. And this speech has been suggested to me, taking occasion from the necessity of respecting the separation, and of washing after copulation, and of not denying such purity, though those who are in error do the same, since those who in error do well, without being saved, are for the condemnation of those who are in the worship of God, and do ill; because their respect for purity is through error, and not through the worship of the true Father and God of all.”