INDEX OF TEXTS (8)

1490.  Literally, “keeps together.”

1491.  Literally, “incorruption.”

1492.  Or, “though punished, increase in number daily.”

1493.  Literally, “mysteries.”

1494.  Literally, “elements.”

1495.  The word “sun,” though omitted in the MSS., should manifestly be inserted.

1496.  Literally, “has received to observe.”

1497.  Literally, “one of men.”

1498.  God here refers to the person sent.

1499.  A considerable gap here occurs in the MSS.

1500.  Literally, “these things are the marvels and error.”

1501.  Or, “known Him.”

1502.  Comp. Matt. xix. 17.

1503.  Literally, “in a mystery.”

1504.  Literally, “all things.”

1505.  The sense is here very obscure. We have followed the text of Otto, who fills up the lacuna in the MS. as above. Others have, “to see, and to handle Him.”

1506.  Literally, “economically.”

1507.  Otto refers for a like contrast between these two times to Rom. iii. 21-26, v. 20, and Gal. iv. 4.

1508.  The reading and sense are doubtful.

1509.  Both the text and rendering are here somewhat doubtful, but the sense will in any case be much the same.

1510.  Many variations here occur in the way in which the lacuna of the MSS. is to be supplied. They do not, however, greatly affect the meaning.

1511.  In the MS. “saying” is here inserted, as if the words had been regarded as a quotation from Isa. liii. 11.

1512.  That is, before Christ appeared.

1513.  Comp. Matt. vi. 25, etc.

1514.  Thus Otto supplies the lacuna; others conjecture somewhat different supplements.

1515.  So Böhl. Sylburgius and Otto read, “in the earth.”

1516.  Some render, “nor do I rashly seek to persuade others.”

1517.  Some propose to read, “and becoming a friend to the Word.”

1518.  It has been proposed to connect this with the preceding sentence, and read, “have known the mysteries of the Father, viz. for what purpose He sent the Word.”

1519.  Or, “esteemed.”

1520.  Or, “given.”

1521.  Literally, “bringing forth.”

1522.  That is, in Paradise.

1523.  Literally, “revealing life.”

1524.  Or, “deprived of it.”

1525.  Literally, “knowledge without the truth of a command exercised to life.” See 1 Cor. viii. 1.

1526.  The MS. is here defective. Some read, “on account of the love of life.”

1527.  Or, “true word,” or, “reason.”

1528.  Or, “reap.”

1529.  The meaning seems to be, that if the tree of true knowledge and life be planted within you, you shall continue free from blemishes and sins.

1530.  Comment. in Rom. [xvi. 14], lib. x. 31.

1531.  Hist. Eccl. iii. 3.

1532.  De Viris Illustribus, c. x.

1533.  Contra Hæres. iv. 20, 2.

1534.  Strom. i. xxix. p. 426.

1535.  Ut supra.

1536.  De Pudicitia, c. xx., also c. x.; De Oratione, c. xvi.

1537.  The commencement varies. In the Vatican: “He who had brought me up, sold a certain young woman at Rome. Many years after this I saw her and recognised her.” So Lips.; Pal. has the name of the woman, Rada. The name Rhode occurs in Acts xii. 13.

1538.  “On my road to the villages.” This seems to mean: as I was taking a walk into the country, or spending my time in travelling amid rural scenes. So the Æthiopic version. “Proceeding with these thoughts in my mind.”—Vat. “After I had come to the city of Ostia.”—Pal. “Proceeding to some village.”—Lips.

1539.  Creatures. Creature or creation.—Lips., Vat., Æth.

1540.  Pathless place. Place on the right hand.—Vat.

1541.  Lord. God.—Sin. alone.

1542.  Are you to be the subject of my accusation? Are you to accuse me?—Vat., Lips., Æth.

1543.  How? In what place?—Vat., Sin.

1544.  Wickedness. The desire of fornication.—Lips.

1545.  Literally, His glory is made straight in the heavens. As long as his thoughts are righteous and his way of life correct, he will have the Lord in heaven merciful to him.—Vat. When he thinks righteously, he corrects himself, and his grace will be in heaven, and he will have the Lord merciful in every business.—Pal. His dignity will be straight in the skies.—Æth.

1546.  For many ... life. For the minds of such become empty. Now this is what the doubters do who have no hope in the Lord, and despise and neglect their life—Vat. Their souls not having the hope of life, do not resist these luxuries; for they despair of themselves and their life.—Pal.

1547.  Literally, perfect. How ... sins. How shall I entreat the Lord in regard to my very numerous sins?—Vat. How can I propitiate the Lord God in these my sins?—Pal. How then shall I be saved, and beg pardon of the Lord for these my many sins?—Æth.

1548.  A chair made of white wool, like snow.—Vat. A chair for reclining, and on it a covering of wool, white as hail.—Æth.

1549.  And ... sorrow. I leaping in spirit with joy at her salutation.—Lips.

1550.  For ... spirit. For this hateful thought ought not to be in a servant of God, nor ought a well-tried spirit to desire an evil deed.—Vat.

1551.  But that. But God is not angry with you on your own account, but on account of your house, which has.—Vat.

1552.  Corrupted. To live riotously.—Vat.

1553.  Lord. God.—Vat.

1554.  Will strengthen. Has preserved you in glory.—Vat. Strengthened and established.—Lips. Has saved your house.—Pal.

1555.  Easy-minded. Only wander not, but be calm.—Vat. Omitted in Pal.

1556.  Accomplishes ... wishes. And exhibits it to any one to whom he wishes.—Vat.

1557.  So shall you also, teaching the truth daily, cut off great sin.—Vat.

1558.  I know ... saints. For the Lord knows that they will repent with all their heart, and He will write you in the Book of Life—Vat. See Phil. iv. 3; Rev. xx. 15.

1559.  And give ear to the glories of God, om. in Vat.

1560.  And then ... her. And unfolding a book, she read gloriously, magnificently, and admirably.—Vat.

1561.  Gentle. For they were few and useful to us.—Vat.

1562.  By His own wisdom and providence. By His mighty power.—Vat., Pal.

1563.  Holy omitted by Lips.

1564.  Removes. He will remove.—Vat.

1565.  See 2 Pet. iii. 5.

1566.  Be strong, or be made strong.—Vat.

1567.  Country; lit. to the villages. From Cumæ.—Vat. While I was journeying in the district of the Cumans.—Pal.

1568.  Going ... letter. Now taking the book, I sat down in one place and wrote the whole of it in order.—Pal. In the ancient MSS. there was nothing to mark out where one word ended and another commenced.

1569.  God ... against, omitted in Vat.

1570.  Not, omitted in Vat.

1571.  Make known. Rebuke with these words.—Vat.

1572.  Let her restrain her tongue.—Vat.

1573.  For ... you. For she will be instructed, after you have rebuked her with those words which the Lord has commanded to be revealed to you.—Vat.

1574.  Doubt not. And so act.—Vat.

1575.  Passage. Your journey.—Pal.

1576.  And whosoever shall not deny his own life.—Vat.

1577.  Those ... coming. The meaning of this sentence is obscure. The Vat. is evidently corrupt, but seems to mean: “The Lord has sworn by His Son, that whoever will deny Him and His Son, promising themselves life thereby, they [God and His Son] will deny them in the days that are to come.” The days that are to come would mean the day of judgment and the future state. See Matt. x. 33.

1578.  Became gracious. Will be gracious.—Pal.

1579.  The Vat. adds: but forgetfulness of them, eternal life.

1580.  Personal. Worldly.—Vat.

1581.  You ... careless. You neglected them as if they did not belong to you.—Vat.

1582.  But you will be saved for not having departed from the living God. And your simplicity and singular self-control will save you, if you remain stedfast.—Vat.

1583.  Now you will say: Lo! great tribulation cometh on.—Vat. Lo! exceedingly great tribulation cometh on.—Lips.

1584.  Eldad (or Eldat or Heldat or Heldam) and Modat (Mudat or Modal) are mentioned in Num. xi. 26, 27. The apocryphal book inscribed with their name is now lost. Cotelerius compares for the passage Ps. xxxiv. 9.

1585.  The church. The church of God.—Vat.

1586.  Grapte is supposed to have been a deaconess.

1587.  Fifth. Sixth.—Vat.

1588.  My elders. Perhaps the translation should be: the presbyter.

1589.  Others had been made too short, not in Vat.

1590.  That ... glory. And that they may be made more joyful, and, hearing this, may greatly glorify the Lord.—Vat.

1591.  God. Lord.—Vat.

1592.  I said to you before, that you were cunning, diligently inquiring in regard to the Scriptures.—Vat. You are cunning in regard to the Scriptures.—Lips. In some of the MSS. of the common Latin version “structures” is read instead of “Scriptures.”

1593.  The Lord. God.—Vat.

1594.  The building. When therefore the building of the tower is finished, all.—Vat.

1595.  Not because you are better. Are you better?—Vat.

1596.  Are those. They are those who have already fallen asleep, and who suffered.—Vat.

1597.  Cast away. Placed near the tower.—Vat.

1598.  Use ... God. Then will they be of use for the building of the Lord.—Vat.

1599.  For ... stones. For you yourself were also one of these stones.—Vat.

1600.  The words “draw back” are represented in Greek by the word elsewhere translated “repent;” μετανοεῖν is thus used for a change of mind, either from evil to good, or good to evil.

1601.  Regulated. They have equal powers, but their powers are connected with each other.—Vat.

1602.  The Lord. God.—Vat.

1603.  Or, that ye may be justified and sanctified.

1604.  I have translated the Vat. reading here. The Greek seems to mean, “Do not partake of God’s creatures alone by way of mere relish.” The Pal. has, “Do not partake of God’s creatures alone joylessly, in a way calculated to defeat enjoyment of them.”

1605.  Those that love the first seats, omitted in Æth.

1606.  Fast. Believe.—Pal.

1607.  Literally, “stronger,” and therefore more injurious to the body.

1608.  How long. Ye are not senseless.—Vat.

1609.  His spirit ... renewed. He is freed from his former sorrows.—Vat.

1610.  The Lord. God.—Vat.

1611.  Shape ... beautiful. Her countenance was serene.—Vat.

1612.  Rarely. Easily.—Lips., Sin.

1613.  He might strengthen me, omitted in Vat.

1614.  For ... marvels. This clause is connected with the subsequent sentence in Vat.

1615.  Comp. Rev. xi. 7, xii. 3, xiii. 1, xvii. 8.

1616.  God.—Lips., Vat.

1617.  The Vat. adds: with a stroke.

1618.  The Lord. God.—Vat.

1619.  Care. Loneliness and anxiety.—Vat.

1620.  God. The Lord.—Vat.

1621.  Thegri. The name of this angel is variously written, Hegrin, Tegri. Some have supposed the word to be for ἄγριον, the wild; some have taken it to mean “the watchful,” as in Dan. iv. 10, 20; and some take it to be the name of a fabulous lion.

1622.  The Lord. God.—Vat.

1623.  Send scourges. Send you help. But woe to the doubters who.—Vat.

1624.  Matt. xxvi. 24.

1625.  Keep them. That you may be able to keep them more easily by reading them from time to time.—Vat.

1626.  Contained.—Vat. and Pal. add: and who cannot be defined in words, nor conceived by the mind.

1627.  If ... brother. And if you believe the slanderer, you will also be guilty of sin, in that you have believed one who speaks evil of your brother.—Vat. For if you give your assent to the detractor, and believe what is said of one in his absence, you also will be like to him, and acting ruinously towards your brother, and you are guilty of the same sin as the person who slanders.—Pal.

1628.  For slander is ruinous.—Vat. For it is wicked to slander any one.—Pal.

1629.  For ... condemned, om. in Vat.

1630.  This service ... God. And he has accomplished this service to God simply and gloriously.—Vat.

1631.  The Vat. adds: and a blessing may fall on your house.

1632.  Dwelleth in you. Who put the spirit within you.—Vat.

1633.  Cunningly to all. Have ever lived in dissimulation.—Vat. Lived cunningly with all.—Pal.

1634.  The Vat. adds: of God.

1635.  For ... truth. For even they can become worthy of credit, if you will speak the truth in future; and if you keep the truth.—Vat.

1636.  This thought. The thought of another man’s wife or of fornication.

1637.  Questions. “I charge you,” said he, “to guard your chastity, and let no thought enter your heart of another man’s marriage (i.e. wife), or of fornication, for this produces a great transgression. But be always mindful of the Lord at all hours, and you will never sin. For if this very wicked thought enter your heart, you commit a great sin, and they who practise such deeds follow the way of death. Take heed, therefore, and refrain from this thought. For where chastity remains in the heart of a righteous man, never ought there to arise any evil thought.” I said to him, “Sir, permit me to say a few words to you.” “Say on,” said he.—Vat.

1638.  Matt. v. 32, xix. 9.

1639.  Who ... actions. But he who makes an image also commits adultery.—Vat.

1640.  Any one. She.—Vat.

1641.  There ... cure. God, who has power to heal, will provide a remedy.—Vat.

1642.  Bear ... words. Give me a few words of explanation.—Vat.

1643.  Repentance ... wisdom. For he who repents obtains great intelligence. For he feels that he has sinned and acted wickedly.—Vat.