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The Clementine Homilies

Anonymous Pseudo-Clementine compiler

Chapter 70

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Author: Anonymous Pseudo-Clementine compiler

Chapter LXX.—“Hear the Bishop.”

“However, hear your bishop, and do not weary of

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giving

all

honour

to

him

;

knowing

that

,

by

showing

it

to

him

,

it

is

borne

to

Christ

,

and

from

Christ

it

is

borne

to

God

;

and

to

him

who

offers

it

,

is

requited

manifold

.

Honour

,

therefore

,

the

throne

of

Christ

.

For

you

are

commanded

even

to

honour

the

chair

of

Moses

,

and

that

although

they

who

occupy

it

are

accounted

sinners

.

And

now

I

have

said

enough

to

you

;

and

I

deem

it

superfluous

to

say

to

him

how

he

is

to

live

unblameably

,

since

he

is

an

approved

disciple

of

Him

who

taught

me

also

.

Notes

1
There are several conjectural readings of this sentence. We have not exactly followed anyone of them, but have ventured on a conjecture of our own.
2
Matt. xxiii. 2, 3.