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Chapter
V.—Freedom of Discussion Allowed.
When Peter was about to reply to this, Niceta,
anticipating him, said:810
| 810 [The whole
arrangement, introducing the brothers as disputants, is peculiar to the
Recognitions. The several discourses are constructed with
much skill. The courtesy of the discussion is in sharp contrast
with the tone of those in the Homilies, especially those with
Simon Magus.—R.] | “Would
my lord Peter allow me to answer to this; and let it not be thought
forward that I, a young man, should have an encounter with an old man,
but rather let me converse as a son with a father.” Then
said the old man: “Not only do I wish, my son, that you
should set forth your opinions; but also if any one of your associates,
if any one even of the
bystanders, thinks that he knows anything, let him unhesitatingly state
it: we shall gladly hear it; for it is by the contribution of
many that the things that are unknown are more easily found
out.” Then Niceta therefore answered: “Do not
deem me to have done rashly, my father, because I have interrupted the
speech of my lord Peter; but rather I meant to honour him by doing
this. For he is a man of God, full of all knowledge, who is not
ignorant even of Greek learning, because he is filled with the Spirit
of God, to whom nothing is unknown. But because it is suitable to
him to speak of heavenly things, I shall answer concerning those things
which pertain to the babbling of the Greeks. But after we have
disputed in the Grecian manner, and we have come to that point where no
issue appears, then he himself, as filled with the knowledge of God,
shall openly and clearly disclose to us the truth on all matters, so
that not we only, but also all who are around us as hearers, shall
learn the way of truth. And therefore now let him sit as umpire;
and when either of us shall yield, then let him, taking up the matter,
give an unquestionable judgment.”
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