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| Chapter XVII.—Christ taught civil obedience.
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Chapter XVII.—Christ taught civil
obedience.
And everywhere we, more readily than all
men, endeavour to pay to those appointed by you the taxes both ordinary
and extraordinary,1800
| 1800
φόρους καὶ εἰσφοράς. The
former is the annual tribute; the latter, any occasional assessment. See
Otto’s Note, and Thucyd. iii. 19. | as we have been
taught by Him; for at that time some came to Him and asked Him, if one
ought to pay tribute to Cæsar; and He answered, “Tell Me, whose
image does the coin bear?” And they said,
“Cæsar’s.” And again He answered them, “Render
therefore to Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s, and to God the
things that are God’s.”1801
| 1801 Matt. xxii. 17, 19, 20, 21.
| Whence to God alone we render worship, but in other things we
gladly serve you, acknowledging you as kings and rulers of men, and
praying that with your kingly power you be found to possess also sound
judgment. But if you pay no
regard to our prayers and frank explanations, we shall suffer no loss,
since we believe (or rather, indeed, are persuaded) that every man will
suffer punishment in eternal fire according to the merit of his deed, and
will render account according to the power he has received from God, as
Christ intimated when He said, “To whom God has given more, of him
shall more be required.”1802
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