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Chapter XXVII.—Who Can
Judge.
Then I said, “Then even God, who, as you
teach us, is at some time to judge, is not philanthropic.”
Then said Peter, “You assert a contradiction; for because He
shall judge, on that very account He is philanthropic. For he who
loves and compassionates those who have been wronged, avenges those who
have wronged them.” Then I said, “If, then, I also do
good to the good, and punish the wrong-doers in respect of their
injuring men, am I not philanthropic?” And Peter answered,
“If along with knowledge1149
| 1149 The word
repeatedly rendered knowledge and once omniscience in
this passage, properly signifies foreknowledge. The argument
shows clearly that it means omniscience, of which foreknowledge is the
most signal manifestation. | you had also
authority to judge, you would do this rightly on account of your having
received authority to judge those whom God made, and on account of your
knowledge infallibly justifying some as the righteous, and condemning
some as unrighteous.” Then I said, “You have spoken
rightly and truly; for it is impossible for any one who has not
knowledge to judge rightly. For sometimes some persons seem good,
though they perpetrate wickedness in secret, and some good persons are
conceived to be bad through the accusation of their enemies. But
even if one judges, having the power of torturing and examining, not
even so should he altogether judge righteously. For some persons,
being murderers, have sustained the tortures, and have come off as
innocent; while others, being innocent, have not been able to sustain
the tortures, but have confessed falsely against themselves, and have
been punished as guilty.”
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