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The Clementine Homilies

Anonymous Pseudo-Clementine compiler

Chapter 73

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Author: Anonymous Pseudo-Clementine compiler

Chapter LXXIII.—Baptisms.

And having thus spoken, he afterwards said: “Whoever of

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you

wish

to

be

baptized

,

begin

from

to

-

morrow

to

fast

,

and

have

hands

laid

upon

you

day

by

day

,

and

inquire

about

what

matters

you

please

.

For

I

mean

still

to

remain

with

you

ten

days

.

”

And

after

three

days

,

having

begun

to

baptize

,

he

called

me

,

and

Aquila

,

and

Nicetas

,

and

said

to

us

:

“

As

I

am

going

to

set

out

for

Tyre

after

seven

days

,

I

wish

you

to

go

away

this

very

day

,

and

to

lodge

secretly

with

Bernice

the

Canaanite

,

the

daughter

of

Justa

,

and

to

learn

from

her

,

and

write

accurately

to

me

what

Simon

is

about

.

For

this

is

of

great

consequence

to

me

,

that

I

may

prepare

myself

accordingly

.

Therefore

depart

straightway

in

peace

.

”

And

leaving

him

baptizing

,

as

he

commanded

,

we

preceded

him

to

Tyre

of

Phœnicia

.