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Chapter
V.—Peter Doubts Simon’s Honesty.
When Simon had made these statements, Peter said
to him: “Can you call to witness that these are your
beliefs that being Himself,—I do not mean Him whom you speak of
now as being unrevealed, but Him in whom you believe, though you do not
confess Him? For you are talking nonsense when you define one
thing in stead of another. Wherefore, if you call Him to witness
that you believe what you say, I shall answer you. But if you
continue discussing with me what you do not believe, you compel me to
strike the empty air.” And Simon said: “It is
from some of your own disciples that I have heard that this is the
truth.”1377
| 1377 The words
in italics are inserted to fill up a lacuna which occurs here in the
Vaticanms. | And
Peter said: “Do not bear false witness?” And
Simon said: “Do not rebuke me, most insolent
man.” And Peter said: “So long as you do not
tell who it was who said so, I affirm that you are a
liar.” And Simon said: “Suppose that I myself
have got up these doctrines, or that I heard them from some other, give
me your answer to them. For if they cannot be overturned, then I
have learned that this is the truth.” And Peter said:
“If it is a human invention, I will not reply to
it; but if you are held fast by the
supposition that it is the truth, acknowledge to me that this is the
case, and I can then myself say something in regard to the
matter.” And Simon said: “Once for all, then,
these doctrines seem to me to be true. Give me your reply, if you
have aught to say against them.”
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