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Chapter XLVII.—Your recent discord is
worse than the former which took place in the times of Paul.
Take up the epistle
of the blessed Apostle Paul. What did he write to you at the time when
the Gospel first began to be preached?212 Truly, under the
inspiration213 of the Spirit, he wrote to you
concerning himself, and Cephas, and Apollos,214 because even then parties215
215 Or, “inclinations for one above
another.” | had been formed among you. But that
inclination for one above another entailed less guilt upon you, inasmuch
as your partialities were then shown towards apostles, already of high
reputation, and towards a man whom they had approved. But now reflect who
those are that have perverted you, and lessened the renown of your
far-famed brotherly love. It is disgraceful,
beloved, yea, highly disgraceful, and unworthy of your Christian
profession,216 that such a thing should
be heard of as that the most stedfast and ancient Church of the
Corinthians should, on account of one or two persons, engage in sedition
against its presbyters. And this rumour has reached not only us, but
those also who are unconnected217
217 Or, “aliens from us,” i.e., the
Gentiles. | with us; so that, through your infatuation, the
name of the Lord is blasphemed, while danger is also brought upon
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