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| Chapter VII.—Let us stand aloof from such heretics.
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Chapter VII.—Let us stand aloof from
such heretics.
They abstain from the Eucharist and
from prayer,1016
| 1016 Theodoret,
in quoting this passage, reads προσφοράς,
“offering.” | because they confess not the
Eucharist to be the flesh of our Saviour Jesus Christ, which suffered for
our sins, and which the Father, of His goodness, raised up again. Those,
therefore, who speak against this gift of God, incur death1017
| 1017 Literally, “die
disputing.” | in the midst of their disputes. But it were
better for them to treat it with respect,1018
| 1018 Literally, “to love.” Some think there is a
reference to the agapæ, or love-feasts. | that
they also might rise again. It is fitting, therefore, that ye should keep
aloof from such persons, and not to speak of1019
| 1019 The reading is περί in the
one case, and μετά in the
other, though the latter meaning seems preferable. Most of the mss. of the longer recension read
περί, as in the
shorter. | them either in private or in public, but to give
heed to the prophets, and above all, to the Gospel, in which the passion
[of Christ] has been revealed to us, and the resurrection has been fully
proved.1020
| 1020 Literally,
“perfected.” | But avoid all divisions, as the
beginning of evils.
They are ashamed of the cross; they mock at
the passion; they make a jest of the resurrection. They are the offspring of that spirit who is the author
of all evil, who led Adam,1021
| 1021 Literally, “drove Adam out of.” |
by means of his wife, to transgress the commandment, who slew Abel by the
hands of Cain, who fought against Job, who was the accuser of Joshua1022
the son of Josedech, who sought to “sift
the faith”1023
of the apostles, who
stirred up the multitude of the Jews against the Lord, who also now
“worketh in the children of disobedience;1024
from whom the Lord Jesus Christ will deliver us, who prayed that
the faith of the apostles might not fail,1025
not
because He was not able of Himself to preserve it, but because He
rejoiced in the pre-eminence of the Father. It is fitting, therefore,
that ye should keep aloof from such persons, and neither in private nor
in public to talk with1026
| 1026
The reading is περί in the one case,
and μετά in the
other, though the latter meaning seems preferable. Most of the mss. of the longer recension read
περί, as in the
shorter. | them; but to give heed to the law, and the prophets,
and to those who have preached to you the word of salvation. But flee
from all abominable heresies, and those that cause schisms, as the
beginning of evils.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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