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Theodotus

Section 12

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Author: Theodotus

XII. As to knowledge, some elements of it we already

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possess

;

others

,

by

what

we

do

possess

,

we

firmly

hope

to

attain

.

For

neither

have

we

attained

all

,

nor

do

we

lack

all

.

But

we

have

received

,

as

it

were

,

an

earnest

of

the

eternal

blessings

,

and

of

the

ancestral

riches

.

The

provisions

for

the

Lord’s

way

are

the

Lord’s

beatitudes

.

For

He

said

:

“

Seek

,

”

and

anxiously

seek

,

“

the

kingdom

of

God

,

and

all

these

things

shall

be

added

to

you

:

for

the

Father

knoweth

what

things

ye

have

need

of

.

”

Thus

He

limits

not

only

our

occupations

,

but

our

cares

.

For

He

says

:

“

Ye

cannot

,

by

taking

thought

,

add

aught

to

your

stature

.

”

For

God

knows

well

what

it

is

good

for

us

to

have

and

what

to

want

.

He

wishes

,

therefore

,

that

we

,

emptying

ourselves

of

worldly

cares

,

should

be

filled

with

that

which

is

directed

towards

God

.

“

For

we

groan

,

desiring

to

be

clothed

upon

with

that

which

is

incorruptible

,

before

putting

off

corruption

.

”

For

when

faith

is

shed

abroad

,

unbelief

is

nonplussed

.

Similarly

also

with

knowledge

and

righteousness

.

We

must

therefore

not

only

empty

the

soul

,

but

fill

it

with

God

.

For

no

longer

is

there

evil

in

it

,

since

that

has

been

made

to

cease

;

nor

yet

is

there

good

,

since

it

has

not

yet

received

good

.

But

what

is

neither

good

nor

evil

is

nothing

.

“

For

to

the

swept

and

empty

house

return

,

”

if

none

of

the

blessings

of

salvation

has

been

put

in

,

the

unclean

spirit

that

dwelt

there

before

,

taking

with

him

seven

other

unclean

spirits

.

Wherefore

,

after

emptying

the

soul

of

what

is

evil

,

we

must

fill

with

the

good

God

that

which

is

His

chosen

dwelling

-

place

.

For

when

the

empty

rooms

are

filled

,

then

follows

the

seal

,

that

the

sanctuary

may

be

guarded

for

God

.

Notes

25
Matt. vi. 33, 32.
26
Matt. vi. 27; Luke xii. 25.
27
Matt. xii. 44.