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Ante-Nicene Fathers

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Ante-Nicene Fathers

ANF Volume 9: Recently Discovered Additions to Early Christian Literature; Commentaries of Origen

Schaff English

Edited by Philip Schaff

Nineteenth-century public-domain English.

Public domain. Not a modern critical edition.

Contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Preface
  3. The Gospel of Peter
    1. Introduction
    2. The Gospel According to Peter
    3. Synoptical Table of the Four Canonical Gospels and The Gospel According to Peter
  4. The Diatessaron of Tatian
    1. Introduction
    2. Introductory Notes
    3. The Diatessaron
      1. Section I
      2. Section II
      3. Section III
      4. Section IV
      5. Section V
      6. Section VI
      7. Section VII
      8. Section VIII
      9. Section IX
      10. Section X
      11. Section XI
      12. Section XII
      13. Section XIII
      14. Section XIV
      15. Section XV
      16. Section XVI
      17. Section XVII
      18. Section XVIII
      19. Section XIX
      20. Section XX
      21. Section XXI
      22. Section XXII
      23. Section XXIII
      24. Section XXIV
      25. Section XXV
      26. Section XXVI
      27. Section XXVII
      28. Section XXVIII
      29. Section XXIX
      30. Section XXX
      31. Section XXXI
      32. Section XXXII
      33. Section XXXIII
      34. Section XXXIV
      35. Section XXXV
      36. Section XXXVI
      37. Section XXXVII
      38. Section XXXVIII
      39. Section XXXIX
      40. Section XL
      41. Section XLI
      42. Section XLII
      43. Section XLIII
      44. Section XLIV
      45. Section XLV
      46. Section XLVI
      47. Section XLVII
      48. Section XLVIII
      49. Section XLIX
      50. Section L
      51. Section LI
      52. Section LII
      53. Section LIII
      54. Section LIV
      55. Section LV
    4. Subscriptions
  5. The Apocalypse of Peter
    1. Introduction
    2. The Apocalypse of Peter
    3. Fragments of the Apocalypse of Peter
  6. The Vision of Paul
    1. Introduction
    2. The Vision of Paul
  7. The Apocalypse of the Virgin
    1. Introduction
    2. The Apocalypse of the Holy Mother of God Concerning the Chastisements
  8. The Apocalypse of Sedrach
    1. Introduction
    2. The Apocalypse of Sedrach
  9. The Testament of Abraham
    1. Introduction
    2. The Testament of Abraham
      1. Version I
      2. Version II
  10. The Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena
    1. Introduction
    2. Life and Conduct of the Holy Women, Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca
  11. The Narrative of Zosimus
    1. Introduction
    2. The Narrative of Zosimus Concerning the Life of the Blessed
  12. The Epistles of Clement
    1. Introductory Notice to 1st Clement
    2. Additional Introduction
    3. The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
      1. The Salutation. Praise of the Corinthians Before the Breaking Forth of Schism Among Them
      2. Praise of the Corinthians Continued
      3. The Sad State of the Corinthian Church After Sedition Arose in It from Envy and Emulation
      4. Many Evils Have Already Flowed from This Source in Ancient Times
      5. No Less Evils Have Arisen from the Same Source in the Most Recent Times. The Martyrdom of Peter and Paul
      6. Continuation. Several Other Martyrs
      7. An Exhortation to Repentance
      8. Continuation Respecting Repentance
      9. Examples of the Saints
      10. Continuation of the Above
      11. Continuation. Lot
      12. The Rewards of Faith and Hospitality. Rahab
      13. An Exhortation to Humility
      14. We Should Obey God Rather Than the Authors of Sedition
      15. We Must Adhere to Those Who Cultivate Peace, Not to Those Who Merely Pretend to Do So
      16. Christ as an Example of Humility
      17. The Saints as Examples of Humility
      18. David as an Example of Humility
      19. Imitating These Examples, Let Us Seek After Peace
      20. The Peace and Harmony of the Universe
      21. Let Us Obey God, and Not the Authors of Sedition
      22. These Exhortations are Confirmed by the Christian Faith, Which Proclaims the Misery of Sinful Conduct
      23. Be Humble, and Believe that Christ Will Come Again
      24. God Continually Shows Us in Nature that There Will Be a Resurrection
      25. The Phœnix an Emblem of Our Resurrection
      26. We Shall Rise Again, Then, as the Scripture Also Testifies
      27. In the Hope of the Resurrection, Let Us Cleave to the Omnipotent and Omniscient God
      28. God Sees All Things: Therefore Let Us Avoid Transgression
      29. Let Us Also Draw Near to God in Purity of Heart
      30. Let Us Do Those Things that Please God, and Flee from Those He Hates, that We May Be Blessed
      31. Let Us See by What Means We May Obtain the Divine Blessing
      32. We are Justified Not by Our Own Works, But by Faith
      33. But Let Us Not Give Up the Practice of Good Works and Love. God Himself is an Example to Us of Good Works
      34. Great is the Reward of Good Works with God. Joined Together in Harmony, Let Us Implore that Reward from Him
      35. Immense is This Reward. How Shall We Obtain It?
      36. All Blessings are Given to Us Through Christ
      37. Christ is Our Leader, and We His Soldiers
      38. Let the Members of the Church Submit Themselves, and No One Exalt Himself Above Another
      39. There is No Reason for Self-Conceit
      40. Let Us Preserve in the Church the Order Appointed by God
      41. Continuation of the Same Subject
      42. The Order of Ministers in the Church
      43. Moses of Old Stilled the Contention Which Arose Concerning the Priestly Dignity
      44. The Ordinances of the Apostles, that There Might Be No Contention Respecting the Priestly Office
      45. It is the Part of the Wicked to Vex the Righteous
      46. Let Us Cleave to the Righteous: Your Strife is Pernicious
      47. Your Recent Discord is Worse Than the Former Which Took Place in the Times of Paul
      48. Let Us Return to the Practice of Brotherly Love
      49. The Praise of Love
      50. Let Us Pray to Be Thought Worthy of Love
      51. Let the Partakers in Strife Acknowledge Their Sins
      52. Such a Confession is Pleasing to God
      53. The Love of Moses Towards His People
      54. He Who is Full of Love Will Incur Every Loss, that Peace May Be Restored to the Church
      55. Examples of Such Love
      56. Let Us Admonish and Correct One Another
      57. Let the Authors of Sedition Submit Themselves
      58. Submission the Precursor of Salvation
      59. Warning Against Disobedience. Prayer
      60. Prayer Continued
      61. Prayer Continued—For Rulers and Governors. Conclusion
      62. Summary and Conclusory—Concerning Godliness
      63. Hortatory, Letter Sent by Special Messengers
      64. Blessings Sought for All that Call Upon God
      65. The Corinthians are Exhorted Speedily to Send Back Word that Peace Has Been Restored. The Benediction
    4. Introductory Notice to 2nd Clement
    5. The Second Epistle of Clement
      1. We Ought to Think Highly of Christ
      2. The Church, Formerly Barren, is Now Fruitful
      3. The Duty of Confessing Christ
      4. True Confession of Christ
      5. This World Should Be Despised
      6. The Present and Future Worlds are Enemies to Each Other
      7. We Must Strive in Order to Be Crowned
      8. The Necessity of Repentance While We are on Earth
      9. We Shall Be Judged in the Flesh
      10. Vice is to Be Forsaken, and Virtue Followed
      11. We Ought to Serve God, Trusting in His Promises
      12. We are Constantly to Look for the Kingdom of God
      13. God's Name Not to Be Blasphemed
      14. The Church Spiritual
      15. He Who Saves and He Who is Saved
      16. Preparation for the Day of Judgment
      17. Same Subject Continued
      18. The Author Sinful, Yet Pursuing
      19. Reward of the Righteous, Although They May Suffer
      20. Godliness, Not Gain, the True Riches
  13. The Apology of Aristides the Philosopher
    1. Introduction
    2. The Apology of Aristides as it is preserved in the history of Barlaam and Josaphat. Translated from the Greek
    3. The Apology of Aristides the Philosopher. Translated from the Syriac
  14. The Passion of the Scillitan Martyrs
    1. Introduction
    2. The Passion of the Scillitan Martyrs
  15. Epistle to Gregory and Origen's Commentary on the Gospel of John
    1. Introduction
    2. Letter of Origen to Gregory
    3. Origen's Commentary on the Gospel of John
      1. Book I
        1. How Christians are the Spiritual Israel
        2. The 144,000 Sealed in the Apocalypse are Converts to Christ from the Gentile World
        3. In the Spiritual Israel the High-Priests are Those Who Devote Themselves to the Study of Scripture
        4. The Study of the Gospels is the First Fruits Offered by These Priests of Christianity
        5. All Scripture is Gospel; But the Gospels are Distinguished Above Other Scriptures
        6. The Fourfold Gospel. John's the First Fruits of the Four. Qualifications Necessary for Interpreting It
        7. What Good Things are Announced in the Gospels
        8. How the Gospels Cause the Other Books of Scripture Also to Be Gospel
        9. The Somatic and the Spiritual Gospel
        10. How Jesus Himself is the Gospel
        11. Jesus is All Good Things; Hence the Gospel is Manifold
        12. The Gospel Contains the Ill Deeds Also Which Were Done to Jesus
        13. The Angels Also are Evangelists
        14. The Old Testament, Typified by John, is the Beginning of the Gospel
        15. The Gospel is in the Old Testament, and Indeed in the Whole Universe. Prayer for Aid to Understand the Mystical Sense of the Work in Hand
        16. Meaning of “Beginning.” (1) in Space
        17. (2) in Time. The Beginning of Creation
        18. (3) of Substance
        19. (4) of Type and Copy
        20. (5) of Elements and What is Formed from Them
        21. (6) of Design and Execution
        22. The Word Was in the Beginning, I.e., in Wisdom, Which Contained All Things in Idea, Before They Existed. Christ's Character as Wisdom is Prior to His Other Characters
        23. The Title “Word” Is to Be Interpreted by the Same Method as the Other Titles of Christ. The Word of God is Not a Mere Attribute of God, But a Separate Person. What is Meant When He is Called the Word
        24. Christ as Light; How He, and How His Disciples are the Light of the World
        25. Christ as the Resurrection
        26. Christ as the Way
        27. Christ as the Truth
        28. Christ as Life
        29. Christ as the Door and as the Shepherd
        30. Christ as Anointed (Christ) and as King
        31. Christ as Teacher and Master
        32. Christ as Son
        33. Christ the True Vine, and as Bread
        34. Christ as the First and the Last; He is Also What Lies Between These
        35. Christ as the Living and the Dead
        36. Christ as a Sword
        37. Christ as a Servant, as the Lamb of God, and as the Man Whom John Did Not Know
        38. Christ as Paraclete, as Propitiation, and as the Power of God
        39. Christ as Wisdom and Sanctification and Redemption
        40. Christ as Righteousness; As the Demiurge, the Agent of the Good God, and as High-Priest
        41. Christ as the Rod, the Flower, the Stone
        42. Of the Various Ways in Which Christ is the Logos
      2. Book II
        1. “And the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
        2. In What Way the Logos is God. Errors to Be Avoided on This Question
        3. Various Relations of the Logos to Men
        4. That the Logos is One, Not Many. Of the Word, Faithful and True, and of His White Horse
        5. He (This One) Was in the Beginning with God
        6. How the Word is the Maker of All Things, and Even the Holy Spirit Was Made Through Him
        7. Of Things Not Made Through the Logos
        8. Heracleon's View that the Logos is Not the Agent of Creation
        9. That the Logos Present in Us is Not Responsible for Our Sins
        10. “That Which Was Made Was Life in Him, and the Life Was the Light of Men.” This Involves the Paradox that What Does Not Derive Life from the Logos Does Not Live at All
        11. How No One is Righteous or Can Truly Be Said to Live in Comparison with God
        12. Is the Saviour All that He Is, to All?
        13. How the Life in the Logos Comes After the Beginning
        14. How the Natures of Men are Not So Fixed from the First, But that They May Pass from Darkness to Light
        15. Heracleon's View that the Lord Brought Life Only to the Spiritual. Refutation of This
        16. The Life May Be the Light of Others Besides
        17. The Higher Powers are Men; And Christ is Their Light Also
        18. How God Also is Light, But in a Different Way; And How Life Came Before Light
        19. The Life Here Spoken of is the Higher Life, that of Reason
        20. Different Kinds of Light; And of Darkness
        21. Christ is Not, Like God, Quite Free from Darkness: Since He Bore Our Sins
        22. How the Darkness Failed to Overtake the Light
        23. There is a Divine Darkness Which is Not Evil, and Which Ultimately Becomes Light
        24. John the Baptist Was Sent. From Where? His Soul Was Sent from a Higher Region
        25. Argument from the Prayer of Joseph, to Show that the Baptist May Have Been an Angel Who Became a Man
        26. John is Voice, Jesus is Speech. Relation of These Two to Each Other
        27. Significance of the Names of John and of His Parents
        28. The Prophets Bore Witness to Christ and Foretold Many Things Concerning Him
        29. The Six Testimonies of the Baptist Enumerated. Jesus' “Come and See.” Significance of the Tenth Hour
        30. How John Was a Witness of Christ, and Specially of “The Light.”
      3. Fragments of the Fourth Book
      4. From the Fifth Book
        1. From the Preface
        2. How Scripture Warns Us Against Making Many Books
        3. The Apostles Wrote Little
        4. Chapter IV
      5. Book VI
        1. The Work is Taken Up After a Violent Interruption, Which Has Driven the Writer from Alexandria. He Addresses Himself to It Again, with Thanks for His Deliverance, and Prayer for Guidance
        2. How the Prophets and Holy Men of the Old Testament Knew the Things of Christ
        3. “Grace and Truth Came Through Jesus Christ.” These Words Belong to the Baptist, Not the Evangelist. What the Baptist Testifies by Them
        4. John Denies that He is Elijah or “The” Prophet. Yet He Was “A” Prophet
        5. There Were Two Embassies to John the Baptist; The Different Characters of These
        6. Messianic Discussion with John the Baptist
        7. Of the Birth of John, and of His Alleged Identity with Elijah. Of the Doctrine of Transcorporation
        8. John is a Prophet, But Not the Prophet
        9. John I. 22
        10. Of the Voice John the Baptist is
        11. Of the Way of the Lord, How It is Narrow, and How Jesus is the Way
        12. Heracleon's View of the Voice, and of John the Baptist
        13. John I. 24, 25. Of the Baptism of John, that of Elijah, and that of Christ
        14. Comparison of the Statements of the Four Evangelists Respecting John the Baptist, the Prophecies Regarding Him, His Addresses to the Multitude and to the Pharisees, Etc
        15. How the Baptist Answers the Question of the Pharisees and Exalts the Nature of Christ. Of the Shoe-Latchet Which He is Unable to Untie
        16. Comparison of John's Testimony to Jesus in the Different Gospels
        17. Of the Testimony of John to Jesus in Matthew's Gospel
        18. Of the Testimony in Mark. What is Meant by the Saviour's Shoes and by Untying His Shoe-Latchets
        19. Luke and John Suggest that One May Loose the Shoe-Latchets of the Logos Without Stooping Down
        20. The Difference Between Not Being “Sufficient” And Not Being “Worthy.”
        21. The Fourth Gospel Speaks of Only One Shoe, the Others of Both. The Significance of This
        22. How the Word Stands in the Midst of Men Without Being Known of Them
        23. Heracleon's View of This Utterance of John the Baptist, and Interpretation of the Shoe of Jesus
        24. The Name of the Place Where John Baptized is Not Bethany, as in Most Copies, But Bethabara. Proof of This. Similarly “Gergesa” Should Be Read for “Gerasa,” In the Story of the Swine. Attention is to Be Paid to the Proper Names in Scripture, Which are Often Written Inaccurately, and are of Importance for Interpretation
        25. Jordan Means “Their Going Down.” Spiritual Meanings and Application of This
        26. The Story of Israel Crossing Jordan Under Joshua is Typical of Christian Things, and is Written for Our Instruction
        27. Of Elijah and Elisha Crossing the Jordan
        28. Naaman the Syrian and the Jordan. No Other Stream Has the Same Healing Power
        29. The River of Egypt and Its Dragon, Contrasted with the Jordan
        30. Of What John Learned from Jesus When Mary Visited Elisabeth in the Hill Country
        31. Of the Conversation Between John and Jesus at the Baptism, Recorded by Matthew Only
        32. John Calls Jesus a “Lamb.” Why Does He Name This Animal Specially? Of the Typology of the Sacrifices, Generally
        33. A Lamb Was Offered at the Morning and Evening Sacrifice. Significance of This
        34. The Morning and Evening Sacrifices of the Saint in His Life of Thought
        35. Jesus is a Lamb in Respect of His Human Nature
        36. Of the Death of the Martyrs Considered as a Sacrifice, and in What Way It Operates to the Benefit of Others
        37. Of the Effects of the Death of Christ, of His Triumph After It, and of the Removal by His Death of the Sins of Men
        38. The World, of Which the Sin is Taken Away, is Said to Be the Church. Reasons for Not Agreeing with This Opinion
      6. Book X
        1. Jesus Comes to Capernaum. Statements of the Four Evangelists Regarding This
        2. The Discrepancy Between John and the First Three Gospels at This Part of the Narrative, Literally Read, the Narratives Cannot Be Harmonized: They Must Be Interpreted Spiritually
        3. What We are to Think of the Discrepancies Between the Different Gospels
        4. Scripture Contains Many Contradictions, and Many Statements Which are Not Literally True, But Must Be Read Spiritually and Mystically
        5. Paul Also Makes Contradictory Statements About Himself, and Acts in Opposite Ways at Different Times
        6. Different Accounts of the Call of Peter, and of the Imprisonment of the Baptist. The Meaning of “Capernaum.”
        7. Why His Brothers are Not Called to the Wedding; And Why He Abides at Capernaum Not Many Days
        8. How Christ Abides with Believers to the End of the Age, and Whether He Abides with Them After that Consummation
        9. Heracleon Says that Jesus is Not Stated to Have Done Anything at Capernaum. But in the Other Gospels He Does Many Things There
        10. Significance of Capernaum
        11. Why the Passover is Said to Be that of the “Jews.” Its Institution: and the Distinction Between “Feasts of the Lord” And Feasts Not So Spoken of
        12. Of the Heavenly Festivals, of Which Those on Earth are Typical
        13. Spiritual Meaning of the Passover
        14. In the First Three Gospels the Passover is Spoken of Only at the Close of the Ministry; In John at the Beginning. Remarks on This. Heracleon on the Passover
        15. Discrepancy of the Gospel Narratives Connected with the Cleansing of the Temple
        16. The Story of the Purging of the Temple Spiritualized. Taken Literally, It Presents Some Very Difficult and Unlikely Features
        17. Matthew's Story of the Entry into Jerusalem. Difficulties Involved in It for Those Who Take It Literally
        18. The Ass and the Colt are the Old and the New Testament. Spiritual Meaning of the Various Features of the Story. Differences Between John's Narrative and that of the Other Evangelists
        19. Various Views of Heracleon on Purging of the Temple
        20. The Temple Which Christ Says He Will Raise Up is the Church. How the Dry Bones Will Be Made to Live Again
        21. That the Son Was Raised Up by the Father. The Charge Brought Against Jesus at His Trial Was Based on the Incident Now Before Us
        22. The Temple of Solomon Did Not Take Forty-Six Years to Build. With Regard to that of Ezra We Cannot Tell How Long It Took. Significance of the Number Forty-Six
        23. The Temple Spoken of by Christ is the Church. Application to the Church of the Statements Regarding the Building of Solomon's Temple, and the Numbers Stated in that Narrative
        24. The Account of the Building of Solomon's Temple Contains Serious Difficulties and is to Be Interpreted Spiritually
        25. Further Spiritualizing of Solomon's Temple-Building
        26. The Promises Addressed to Jerusalem in the Prophets Refer to the Church, and are Still to Be Fulfilled
        27. Of the Belief the Disciples Afterwards Attained in the Words of Jesus
        28. The Difference Between Believing in the Name of Jesus and Believing in Jesus Himself
        29. About What Beings Jesus Needed Testimony
        30. How Jesus Knew the Powers, Better or Worse, Which Reside in Man
  16. Origen's Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew
    1. Introduction
    2. Origen's Commentary on Matthew
      1. From the First Book of the Commentary on Matthew
      2. From the Second Book of the Commentary on the Gospel According to Matthew
      3. Book X
        1. The Parable of the Tares: the House of Jesus
        2. Exposition of the Parable
        3. The Shining of the Righteous. Its Interpretation
        4. Concerning the Parable of the Treasure Hidden in the Field. The Parable Distinguished from the Similitude
        5. The Field and the Treasure Interpreted
        6. The Exposition Continued
        7. The Parable of the Pearl of Great Price. The Formation and Difference of Pearls
        8. The Parable Interpreted is the Light of These Views
        9. Christ the Pearl of Great Price
        10. The Pearl of the Gospel in Relation to the Old Testament
        11. The Parable of the Drag-Net
        12. The Divine Scriptures Compared to a Net
        13. Relation of Men to Angels
        14. The Disciples as Scribes
        15. The Householder and His Treasury
        16. Parables in Relation to Similitudes. Jesus in His Own Country
        17. The Brethren of Jesus
        18. Prophets in Their Country
        19. Relation of Faith and Unbelief to the Supernatural Powers of Jesus
        20. Different Conceptions of John the Baptist
        21. Herod and the Baptist
        22. The Dancing of Herodias. The Keeping of Oaths
        23. The Withdrawal of Jesus
        24. The Diverse Forms of Spiritual Sickness
        25. Healing Precedes Participation in the Loaves of Jesus
      4. Book XI
        1. Introduction to the Feeding of the Five Thousand
        2. Exposition of the Details of the Miracle
        3. The Exposition of Details Continued. The Sitting Down on the Grass. The Division into Companies
        4. The Multitudes and the Disciples Contrasted
        5. The Disciples in Conflict. Jesus Walks Upon the Waters
        6. Interpretation of the Details in the Narrative. Application Thereof to All Disciples
        7. The Healing of the Sick on the Other Side. The Method of Healing
        8. Concerning the Pharisees and Scribes Who Came and Inquired, Why Do Thy Disciples Transgress the Tradition of the Elders?
        9. Explanation of “Corban.”
        10. The Traditions of the Elders in Collision with Divine Law
        11. Exposition of the Prophecy of Isaiah Quoted by Jesus
        12. Things Clean and Unclean According to the Law and the Gospel
        13. The Offence of the Pharisees
        14. Why the Pharisees Were Not a Plant of God. Teaching of Origen on the “Bread of the Lord.”
        15. Eating with Unwashed Heart Defiles the Man
        16. Concerning the Canaanitish Woman. Meaning of the “Borders of Tyre and Sidon.”
        17. Exposition of the Details in the Narrative
        18. Concerning the Multitudes Who Were Healed. Comparison of the Mountain Where Jesus Sat to the Church
        19. Concerning the Seven Loaves. The Narrative of the Feeding of the Four Thousand Compared with that of the Five Thousand
      5. Book XII
        1. Concerning Those Who Asked Him to Show Them a Sign from Heaven
        2. Why the Pharisees Asked a Sign from Heaven
        3. The Answer of Jesus to Their Request
        4. Why Jesus Called Them an Adulterous Generation. The Law as Husband
        5. Concerning the Leaven of the Pharisees
        6. The Meaning of Leaven. Jesus' Knowledge of the Heart
        7. Relative Magnitude of Sins of the Heart and Actual Sins
        8. The Leaven Figurative Like the Water Spoken of by Jesus to the Woman of Samaria
        9. Concerning the Question of Jesus in Cæsarea, Who Do Men Say that I Am? Different Conceptions of Jesus
        10. The Answer of Peter
        11. The Promise Given to Peter Not Restricted to Him, But Applicable to All Disciples Like Him
        12. Every Sin—Every False Doctrine is a “Gate of Hades.”
        13. The “Gates of Hades” And the “Gates of Zion” Contrasted
        14. In What Sense the “Keys” Are Given to Peter, and Every Peter. Limitations of This Power
        15. Relation of the Former Commission Given by Jesus to the Disciples, to His Present Injunction of Silence. Belief and Knowledge Contrasted
        16. Gradual Growth in Knowledge of the Disciples
        17. Reasons for that Gradual Knowledge
        18. Jesus Was at First Proclaimed by the Twelve as a Worker and a Teacher Only
        19. Importance of the Proclamation of Jesus as the Crucified
        20. Why Jesus Had to Go to Jerusalem
        21. The Rebuke of Peter and the Answer of Jesus
        22. Importance of the Expressions “Behind” And “Turned.”
        23. Peter as a Stumbling-Block to Jesus
        24. Self-Denial and Cross-Bearing
        25. Reference to the Saying of Paul About Crucifixion with Christ
        26. The Less of Life; And the Saving of It
        27. Life Lost to the World is Saved
        28. The Exchange for One's Life
        29. The Coming of the Son of Man in Glory
        30. The Word Appears in Different Forms; The Time of His Coming in Glory
        31. The Simpler Interpretation of the Promise About Not Tasting of Death
        32. Standing by the Saviour
        33. Interpretation of “Tasting of Death.”
        34. Meaning of “Until.” No Limitation of Promise
        35. Scriptural References to Death
        36. Concerning the Transfiguration of the Saviour
        37. Force of the Words “Before Them.”
        38. The Garments White as the Light
        39. Jesus Was Transfigured—“As He Was Praying.”
        40. Discussion of the Saying of Peter
        41. Figurative Interpretation of the Same
        42. The Meaning of the “Bright Cloud.”
        43. Relation of Moses and Elijah to Jesus. The Injunction of Silence
      6. Book Xiii
        1. Relation of the Baptist to Elijah. The Theory of Transmigration Considered
        2. “The Spirit and Power of Elijah”—Not the Soul—Were in the Baptist
        3. Concerning the Epileptic
        4. Spiritual Epileptics
        5. The Deaf and Dumb Spirit
        6. Influence of the Moon and Stars on Men
        7. The Power of Faith
        8. Jesus' Prediction of His “Delivery” Into the Hands of Men
        9. Satan and the “Delivery” Of Jesus
        10. Concerning Those Who Demanded the Half-Shekel
        11. The Freedom of Sons
        12. The Stater Allegorized
        13. The Sacred Half-Shekel
        14. Concerning Those Who Said, Who is the Greatest? and Concerning the Child that Was Called by Jesus
        15. Greatness Varies in Degree
        16. Why the Great are Compared to Little Children
        17. The Little Ones and Their Stumbling-Blocks
        18. Who Was the Little Child Called by Jesus
        19. The Parallel Passages in Mark and Luke
        20. The World and Offences. Various Meanings of World
        21. The “Woe” Does Not Apply to the Disciples of Jesus
        22. What the “Occasions of Stumbling” Are
        23. In What Sense “Necessary.”
        24. The Offending Hand, or Foot, or Eye
        25. The Eye or Hand Allegorized
        26. The Little Ones and Their Angels
        27. When the Little Ones are Assigned to Angels
        28. Close Relationship of Angels to Their “Little Ones.”
        29. The Little Ones and the Perfect
        30. The Sinning Brother
        31. The Power to Bind on Earth and in Heaven
      7. Book XIV
        1. The Power of Harmony in Relation to Prayer
        2. The Harmony of Husband and Wife
        3. The Harmony of Body, Soul, and Spirit
        4. Harmony of the Old and New Covenants
        5. The Limit of Forgiveness
        6. Concerning the King Who Made a Reckoning with His Own Servants, to Whom Was Brought a Man Who Owed Ten Thousand Talents
        7. Exposition Continued: the King and the Servants
        8. The Principle of the Reckoning
        9. The Time Occupied by the Reckoning
        10. The Man Who Owed Many Talents
        11. The Servant Who Owed a Hundred Pence
        12. The Time of the Reckoning
        13. No Forgiveness to the Unforgiving
        14. How Jesus Finished His Words
        15. How Men Followed Jesus
        16. Concerning the Pharisees and Scribes Tempting Jesus (by Asking) Whether Was Lawful for a Man to Put Away His Wife for Every Cause
        17. Union of Christ and the Church
        18. The Bill of Divorcement
        19. The Divorce of Israel
        20. Christ and the Gentiles
        21. Union of Angels and the Souls of Men
        22. The Marriage of Church Dignitaries
        23. Some Laws Given by Concession to Human Weakness
        24. Jewish Criticism of the Law of Christ
        25. Chastity and Prayer
  17. Indexes
    1. Index of Scripture References
    2. Greek Words and Phrases
    3. German Words and Phrases
    4. Index of Pages of the Print Edition