The Apostolic Fathers Vol. 1: Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp, Didache

THE APOSTOLIC FATHERS

that the number of his elect might be saved with mercy and awarenessoriginal: "συνειδήσεως"; This must be corrupt: "συναισθήσεως" consciousness/awareness is perhaps the best emendation; "of fear" original: "δέους" C.. 5. You were sincere and innocent and harbored no grudges against one another. 6. Every sedition and every schism was abominable to you. You mourned over the transgressions of your neighbors, and you considered their shortcomings as your own.

Tit. 3, 1

7. You were unrepentant in every good work, ready for every good deed. 8. Adorned with a virtuous and venerable life, you performed everything in the fear of God; the commands and the decrees of the Lord were written upon the

Prov. 7, 3

tablets of your hearts.

III

Deut. 32, 15

1. All glory and expansion were given to you, and that which was written was fulfilled: "The beloved ate and drank, and was enlarged, and grew fat, and kicked." 2. From this came jealousy and envy, and strife, and sedition, persecution and disorder, war and captivity.

Is. 3, 5

3. Thus the dishonored rose up against the honored, those without reputation against the reputable, the foolish against the wise, the young

Is. 59, 14

against the elders. 4. Therefore righteousness and peace stand far away, because each one has abandoned the fear of God and become dim-sighted in his faith, neither walking in the laws of...