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The Clementine Homilies

Anonymous Pseudo-Clementine compiler

Chapter 61

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Author: Anonymous Pseudo-Clementine compiler

Chapter LXI.—Monarchy.

“But if any one of those present, being able to

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instruct

the

ignorance

of

men

,

shrink

from

it

,

thinking

only

of

his

own

ease

,

let

him

expect

to

hear

this

sentence

:

‘

O

wicked

and

slothful

servant

,

thou

oughtest

to

have

given

my

money

to

the

exchangers

,

and

I

at

my

coming

should

have

got

my

own

.

Cast

out

the

unprofitable

servant

into

the

outer

darkness

.

’

And

with

good

reason

;

‘

for

,

’

says

He

,

‘

it

is

thine

,

O

man

,

to

prove

my

words

,

as

silver

and

money

are

proved

among

the

exchangers

.

’

Therefore

the

multitude

of

the

faithful

ought

to

obey

some

one

,

that

they

may

live

in

harmony

.

For

that

which

tends

to

the

government

of

one

person

,

in

the

form

of

monarchy

,

enables

the

subjects

to

enjoy

peace

by

means

of

good

order

;

but

in

case

of

all

,

through

desire

of

ruling

,

being

unwilling

to

submit

to

one

only

,

they

must

altogether

fall

by

reason

of

division

.

Notes

1
Matt. xxv. 27–30.
2
Probably from an apocryphal Gospel.