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Theodotus

Section 47

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Author: Theodotus

XLVII. The Word does not bid us renounce property; but

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to

manage

property

without

inordinate

affection

;

and

on

anything

happening

,

not

to

be

vexed

or

grieved

;

and

not

to

desire

to

acquire

.

Divine

Providence

bids

keep

away

from

possession

accompanied

with

passion

,

and

from

all

inordinate

affection

,

and

from

this

turns

back

those

still

remaining

in

the

flesh

.

Notes

69
κτήσεως, instead of κτίσεως, as in the text, and κτῆσιν for κτίσιν in the next clause.
70
᾽Αναστρέφει ἐπὶ μόνους τοὺς ἐν σαρκί. For which, as slightly preferable, Sylburg. proposes ἔτι μένοντας ἐν σαρκί, as above.