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The Clementine Homilies

Anonymous Pseudo-Clementine compiler

Chapter 69

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Author: Anonymous Pseudo-Clementine compiler

Chapter LXIX.—“Not Forsaking the Assembling of Yourselves Together.”

“But if you love your brethren, take nothing from them

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,

but

share

with

them

such

things

as

ye

have

.

Feed

the

hungry

;

give

drink

to

the

thirsty

;

clothe

the

naked

;

visit

the

sick

;

so

far

as

you

can

,

help

those

in

prison

;

receive

strangers

gladly

into

your

own

abodes

;

hate

no

one

.

And

how

you

must

be

pious

,

your

own

mind

will

teach

you

,

judging

rightly

.

But

before

all

else

,

if

indeed

I

need

say

it

to

you

,

come

together

frequently

,

if

it

were

every

hour

,

especially

on

the

appointed

days

of

meeting

.

For

if

you

do

this

,

you

are

within

a

wall

of

safety

.

For

disorderliness

is

the

beginning

of

perdition

.

Let

no

one

therefore

forsake

the

assembly

on

the

ground

of

envy

towards

a

brother

.

For

if

any

one

of

you

forsake

the

assembly

,

he

shall

be

regarded

as

of

those

who

scatter

the

Church

of

Christ

,

and

shall

be

cast

out

with

adulterers

.

For

as

an

adulterer

,

under

the

influence

of

the

spirit

that

is

in

him

,

he

separates

himself

on

some

pretext

,

and

gives

place

to

the

wicked

one

against

himself

,

—

a

sheep

for

the

stealing

,

as

one

found

outside

the

fold

.

Notes

1
There seems to be a corruption of the text here, but the general meaning is evident enough.