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Chapter LXIV.—The
Bishopric.
Then Peter said: “If you are afraid of
this, do not be called Ruler, but The Appointed One, the Lord having permitted you to be so called, when He
said, ‘Blessed is that man whom his Lord shall Appoint to the ministry of his
fellow-servants.’1026
But if you
wish it to be altogether unknown that you have authority of
administration, you seem to me to be ignorant that the acknowledged
authority of the president has great influence as regards the respect
of the multitude. For every one obeys him who has received
authority, having conscience as a great constraint. And are you
not well aware that you are not to rule as the rulers of the nations,
but as a servant ministering to them, as a father to the oppressed,
visiting them as a physician, guarding them as a shepherd,—in
short, taking all care for their salvation? And do you think that
I am not aware what labours I compel you to undertake, desiring you to
be judged by multitudes whom it is impossible for any one to
please? But it is most possible for him who does well to please
God. Wherefore I entreat you to undertake it heartily, by God, by
Christ, for the salvation of the brethren, for their ordering, and your
own profit.
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