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The Clementine Homilies

Anonymous Pseudo-Clementine compiler

Chapter 54

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Author: Anonymous Pseudo-Clementine compiler

Chapter LIV.—Other Sayings.

“Whence it is impossible without His teaching to attain to saving

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truth

,

though

one

seek

it

for

ever

where

the

thing

that

is

sought

is

not

.

But

it

was

,

and

is

,

in

the

word

of

our

Jesus

.

Accordingly

,

He

,

knowing

the

true

things

of

the

law

,

said

to

the

Sadducees

,

asking

on

what

account

Moses

permitted

to

marry

seven

,

‘

Moses

gave

you

commandments

according

to

your

hard

-

heartedness

;

for

from

the

beginning

it

was

not

so

:

for

He

who

created

man

at

first

,

made

him

male

and

female

.

’

Notes

1
[A curious confusion of two Gospel narratives, mistaking the significance of both.—R.]
2
Matt. xix. 8; Mark x. 5, 6.