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Chapter
IX.—How Simon Bears His Exposure.
When Peter said this, the multitudes
applauded.1379
| 1379 [The
remainder of the Homily is without a close parallel in the
Recognitions.—R.] | But
Simon, being thus exposed,1380
| 1380 Lit.,
“caught in the act.” | blushed through
shame, and rubbing his forehead, said: “Well, then, do they
declare that I, a magician, yea, even I who syllogize, am conquered by
Peter? It is not so. But if one should syllogize, though
carried away and conquered, he still retains the truth that is in him. For
the weakness in the defender is not identical with the truth in the
conquered man.1381
| 1381 This
passage is deemed corrupt by commentators. We have made no change
in the reading of the mss., except that
of νενικημένην
into νενικημένος,
and perhaps even this is unnecessary. The last sentence
means: “A man may overcome the weakness of his
adversary: but he does not therefore strip him of the truth,
which he possesses even when he is conquered.” The Latin
translation of Cotelerius, with some emendations from later editors,
yields this: “But they say that I, a magician, am not
merely conquered by Peter, but reduced to straits by his
reasonings. But not even though one be reduced to straits by
reasonings, has he the truth which is in him conquered. For the
weakness of the defender is not the truth of the conqueror.” | But I
assure you that I have judged all those who are bystanders worthy to
know the unrevealed Father. Wherefore, because I publicly reveal
him to them, you yourself, through envy, are angry with me who wish to
confer a benefit on them.”
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