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Chapter
XXI.
And I have not yet spoken of the
observance3489
of all that is
written in the Gospels, each one of which contains much doctrine
difficult to be understood, not merely by the multitude, but even by
certain of the more intelligent, including a very profound explanation
of the parables which Jesus delivered to “those without,”
while reserving the exhibition of their full meaning3490
for those who had passed beyond the stage of
exoteric teaching, and who came to Him privately in the house.
And when he comes to understand it, he will admire the reason why some
are said to be “without,” and others “in the
house.” And again, who would not be filled with
astonishment that is able to comprehend the movements3491
of Jesus; ascending at one time a mountain
for the purpose of delivering certain discourses, or of performing
certain miracles, or for His own transfiguration, and descending again
to heal the sick and those who were unable to follow Him whither His
disciples went? But it is not the appropriate time to describe at
present the truly venerable and divine contents of the Gospels, or the
mind of Christ—that is, the wisdom and the word—contained
in the writings of Paul. But what we have said is sufficient by
way of answer to the unphilosophic sneers3492
of
Celsus, in comparing the inner mysteries of the Church of God to the
cats, and apes, and crocodiles, and goats, and dogs of
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