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A Treatise Against the Heretic Novatian by an Anonymous Bishop

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Section 15

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15. Who is it that says these things

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?

Certainly

He

who

,

having

left

the

ninety

and

nine

sheep

,

went

to

seek

that

one

which

had

wandered

from

His

flock

;

as

David

says

,

“

I

have

gone

astray

like

a

sheep

which

was

lost

,

”

which

being

found

Christ

brings

back

,

bearing

on

His

shoulder

the

tender

sinful

one

;

and

He

,

rejoicing

and

exulting

,

having

called

His

friends

and

domestics

,

says

,

“

Rejoice

with

me

;

for

my

sheep

which

was

lost

is

found

.

I

say

,

”

says

He

,

“

unto

you

,

that

there

will

be

such

joy

in

heaven

over

one

sinner

that

repenteth

.

”

And

in

continuation

,

He

says

:

“

Or

what

woman

,

having

ten

denarii

,

if

she

should

lose

one

of

the

denarii

,

does

not

light

a

lamp

,

and

all

the

day

long

clean

out

her

house

,

seeking

till

she

finds

it

?

And

when

she

has

found

it

,

she

calls

together

her

friends

and

neighbours

,

saying

,

Rejoice

with

me

;

for

I

have

found

the

denarius

that

I

had

lost

.

I

say

unto

you

,

that

such

joy

shall

be

in

the

sight

of

the

angels

of

God

over

one

sinner

that

repenteth

.

”

But

,

on

the

other

hand

,

they

who

do

not

repent

of

their

wickedness

,

let

them

know

from

the

answer

of

the

Lord

Himself

what

remaineth

for

them

;

for

we

read

in

the

Gospel

,

that

“

certain

men

came

from

the

Galileans

to

the

Lord

,

telling

Him

of

those

whose

blood

Pilate

mingled

with

their

sacrifices

;

to

whom

the

Lord

answered

,

saying

,

Think

ye

that

those

Galileans

had

been

sinners

above

other

Galileans

,

because

they

suffered

such

things

?

No

;

for

I

say

unto

you

,

unless

ye

repent

,

ye

shall

all

likewise

perish

.

Or

those

eighteen

upon

whom

the

tower

in

Siloam

fell

,

think

ye

that

they

were

debtors

to

death

above

all

men

who

dwell

in

Jerusalem

?

No

;

I

say

unto

you

,

”

said

He

,

“

that

unless

ye

repent

,

ye

shall

all

likewise

perish

.

”

Notes

58
Ps. cxix. 176.
59
Luke xv. 6–10.
60
Luke xv. 6–10.
61
Luke xiii. 1–5.