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The Apocalypse of the Holy Mother of God Concerning the Chastisements

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Section 19

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XIX. And she saw women hanging by their

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nails

,

and

a

flame

of

fire

came

out

of

their

mouth

and

burned

them

:

and

all

the

beasts

coming

out

of

the

fire

gnawed

them

to

pieces

,

and

groaning

they

cried

out

:

Have

pity

on

us

,

have

pity

,

for

we

are

chastised

worse

than

all

those

who

are

under

chastisement

.

And

seeing

them

the

all

holy

one

wept

,

and

asked

the

commander

-

in

-

chief

,

Michael

:

Who

are

these

and

what

is

their

sin

?

And

the

commander

-

in

-

chief

said

:

These

are

the

wives

of

presbyters

who

did

not

honour

the

presbyters

,

but

after

the

death

of

the

presbyter

took

husbands

,

and

for

this

cause

they

are

thus

chastised

here

.

Notes

14
Cf. Peter fr. ap. Clem. Alex.