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The Clementine Homilies

Anonymous Pseudo-Clementine compiler

Chapter 60

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Author: Anonymous Pseudo-Clementine compiler

Chapter LX.—Successor to Be Appointed.

“Since, therefore, it is necessary to set apart some

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one

instead

of

me

to

fill

my

place

,

let

us

all

with

one

consent

pray

to

God

,

that

He

would

make

manifest

who

amongst

us

is

the

best

,

that

,

sitting

in

the

chair

of

Christ

,

he

may

piously

rule

His

Church

.

Who

,

then

,

shall

be

set

apart

?

For

by

the

counsel

of

God

that

man

is

set

forth

as

blessed

,

‘

whom

his

Lord

shall

appoint

over

the

ministry

of

his

fellow

-

servants

,

to

give

them

their

meat

in

their

season

,

not

thinking

and

saying

in

his

heart

,

My

Lord

delayeth

His

coming

,

and

who

shall

not

begin

to

beat

his

fellow

-

servants

,

eating

and

drinking

with

harlots

and

drunkards

.

And

the

Lord

of

that

servant

shall

come

in

an

hour

when

he

doth

not

look

for

Him

,

and

in

a

day

when

he

is

not

aware

,

and

shall

cut

him

in

sunder

,

and

shall

assign

his

unfaithful

part

with

the

hypocrites

.

’

Notes

1
Matt. xxiv. 45–50.