XLVII.
At last the assembly is dissolved, the spectacle of this life ceaseth: its deceit and its semblance are passed away. Cleave to me, to whom every knee boweth, of things in heaven, and things on earth, and things under the earth. For all who have been negligent, and have not shown pity in well-doing there, have nothing else due them than the unquenchable fire. For I am the friend of man, but yet also a righteous Judge to all. For I shall award the recompense according to desert; I shall give the reward to all, according to each man's labour; I shall make return to all, according to each man's conflict. I wish to have pity, but I see no oil in your vessels. I desire to have mercy, but ye have passed through life entirely without mercy. I long to have compassion, but your lamps are dark by reason of your hardness of heart. Depart from me. For judgment is without mercy to him that hath showed no mercy. [2013]
[2013] Jas. ii. 13.
XLVIII.
Then shall they also make answer to the dread Judge, who accepteth no man's person: Lord, when saw we Thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and ministered not unto Thee? Lord, dost Thou know us not? Thou didst form us, Thou didst fashion us, Thou didst make us of four elements, Thou didst give us spirit and soul. On Thee we believed; Thy seal we received, Thy baptism we obtained; we acknowledged Thee to be God, we knew Thee to be Creator; in Thee we wrought sights, through Thee we cast out demons, for Thee we mortified the flesh, for Thee we preserved virginity, for Thee we practised chastity, for Thee we became strangers on the earth; and Thou sayest, I know you not, depart from me! Then shall He make answer to them, and say, Ye acknowledged me as Lord, but ye kept not my words. Ye were marked with the seal of my cross, but ye deleted it by your hardness of heart. Ye obtained my baptism, but ye observed not my commandments. Ye subdued your body to virginity, but ye kept not mercy, but ye did not cast the hatred of your brother out of your souls. For not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall be saved, but he that doeth my will. [2014] And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into life eternal. [2015]
[2014] Matt. vii. 23.
[2015] Matt. xxv. 46.
XLIX.
"Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life."
Ye have heard, beloved, the answer of the Lord; ye have learned the sentence of the Judge; ye have been given to understand what kind of awful scrutiny awaits us, and what day and what hour are before us. Let us therefore ponder this every day; let us meditate on this both day and night, both in the house, and by the way, and in the churches, that we may not stand forth at that dread and impartial judgment condemned, abased, and sad, but with purity of action, life, conversation, and confession; so that to us also the merciful and benignant God may say, "Thy faith hath saved thee, go in peace;" [2016] and again, "Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord." [2017] Which joy may it be ours to reach, by the grace and kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom pertain glory, honour, and adoration, with His Father, who is without beginning, and His holy, and good, and quickening Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of the ages. Amen. [2018]
[2016] Luke vii. 50.
[2017] Matt. xxv. 23.
[2018] [Here follows the text, Apoc. ii. 10, transposed above.]
Hippolytus on the Twelve Apostles:
Where each of them preached, and where he met his end
1. Peter preached the Gospel in Pontus, and Galatia, and Cappadocia, and Betania, and Italy, and Asia, and was afterwards crucified by Nero in Rome with his head downward, as he had himself desired to suffer in that manner.
2. Andrew preached to the Scythians and Thracians, and was crucified, suspended on an olive tree, at Patræ, a town of Achaia; and there too he was buried.
3. John, again, in Asia, was banished by Domitian the king to the isle of Patmos, in which also he wrote his Gospel and saw the apocalyptic vision; and in Trajan's time he fell asleep at Ephesus, where his remains were sought for, but could not be found.
4. James, his brother, when preaching in Judea, was cut off with the sword by Herod the tetrarch, and was buried there.
5. Philip preached in Phrygia, and was crucified in Hierapolis with his head downward in the time of Domitian, and was buried there.
6. Bartholomew, again, preached to the Indians, to whom he also gave the Gospel according to Matthew, and was crucified with his head downward, and was buried in Allanum, [2019] a town of the great Armenia. [2020]
7. And Matthew wrote the Gospel in the Hebrew tongue, [2021] and published it at Jerusalem, and fell asleep at Hierees, a town of Parthia.
8. And Thomas preached to the Parthians, Medes, Persians, Hyrcanians, Bactrians, and Margians, [2022] and was thrust through in the four members of his body with a pine spear [2023] at Calamene, [2024] the city of India, and was buried there.
9. And James the son of Alphæus, when preaching in Jerusalem, was stoned to death by the Jews, and was buried there beside the temple.
10. Jude, who is also called Lebbæus, preached to the people of Edessa, [2025] and to all Mesopotamia, and fell asleep at Berytus, and was buried there.
11. Simon the Zealot, [2026] the son of Clopas, who is also called Jude, became bishop of Jerusalem after James the Just, and fell asleep and was buried there at the age of 120 years.
12. And Matthias, who was one of the seventy, was numbered along with the eleven apostles, and preached in Jerusalem, and fell asleep and was buried there.
13. And Paul entered into the apostleship a year after the assumption of Christ; and beginning at Jerusalem, he advanced as far as Illyricum, and Italy, and Spain, preaching the Gospel for five-and-thirty years. And in the time of Nero he was beheaded at Rome, and was buried there.
[2019] Or Albanum.
[2020] [The general tradition is, that he was flayed alive, and then crucified.]
[2021] [See Scrivener, Introduction, p. 282, note 1, and Lardner, Credib., ii. 494, etc.]
[2022] Margois. Combefisius proposes Mardois. Jerome has "Magis."
[2023] The text is elakede elonchiasthe, elakede being probably for elate.
[2024] Kalamene. Steph. le Moyne reads Karamene.
[2025] Aidesinois.
[2026] ho Kananites.
The same Hippolytus on the Seventy Apostles. [2027]
1. James the Lord's brother, [2028] bishop of Jerusalem.
2. Cleopas, bishop of Jerusalem.
3. Matthias, who supplied the vacant place in the number of the twelve apostles.
4. Thaddeus, who conveyed the epistle to Augarus.
5. Ananias, who baptized Paul, and was bishop of Damascus.
6. Stephen, the first martyr.
7. Philip, who baptized the eunuch.
8. Prochorus, bishop of Nicomedia, who also was the first that departed, [2029] believing together with his daughters.
9. Nicanor died when Stephen was martyred.
10. Timon, bishop of Bostra.
11. Parmenas, bishop of Soli.
12. Nicolaus, bishop of Samaria.
13. Barnabas, bishop of Milan.
14. Mark the evangelist, bishop of Alexandria.
15. Luke the evangelist.
These two belonged to the seventy disciples who were scattered [2030] by the offence of the word which Christ spoke, "Except a man eat my flesh, and drink my blood, he is not worthy of me." [2031] But the one being induced to return to the Lord by Peter's instrumentality, and the other by Paul's, they were honoured to preach that Gospel [2032] on account of which they also suffered martyrdom, the one being burned, and the other being crucified on an olive tree.
16. Silas, bishop of Corinth.
17. Silvanus, bishop of Thessalonica.
18. Crisces (Crescens), bishop of Carchedon in Gaul.
19. Epænetus, bishop of Carthage.
20. Andronicus, bishop of Pannonia.
21. Amplias, bishop of Odyssus.
22. Urban, bishop of Macedonia.
23. Stachys, bishop of Byzantium.
24. Barnabas, bishop of Heraclea.
25. Phygellus, bishop of Ephesus. He was of the party also of Simon.
26. Hermogenes. He, too, was of the same mind with the former.
27. Demas, who also became a priest of idols.
28. Apelles, bishop of Smyrna.
29. Aristobulus, bishop of Britain.
30. Narcissus, bishop of Athens.
31. Herodion, bishop of Tarsus.
32. Agabus the prophet.
33. Rufus, bishop of Thebes.
34. Asyncritus, bishop of Hyrcania.
35. Phlegon, bishop of Marathon.
36. Hermes, bishop of Dalmatia.
37. Patrobulus, [2034] bishop of Puteoli.
38. Hermas, bishop of Philippi.
39. Linus, bishop of Rome.
40. Caius, bishop of Ephesus.
41. Philologus, bishop of Sinope.
42, 43. Olympus and Rhodion were martyred in Rome.
44. Lucius, bishop of Laodicea in Syria.
45. Jason, bishop of Tarsus.
46. Sosipater, bishop of Iconium.
47. Tertius, bishop of Iconium.
48. Erastus, bishop of Panellas.
49. Quartus, bishop of Berytus.
50. Apollo, bishop of Cæsarea.
51. Cephas. [2035]
52. Sosthenes, bishop of Colophonia.
53. Tychicus, bishop of Colophonia.
54. Epaphroditus, bishop of Andriace.
55. Cæsar, bishop of Dyrrachium.
56. Mark, cousin to Barnabas, bishop of Apollonia.
57. Justus, bishop of Eleutheropolis.
58. Artemas, bishop of Lystra.
59. Clement, bishop of Sardinia.
60. Onesiphorus, bishop of Corone.
61. Tychicus, bishop of Chalcedon.
62. Carpus, bishop of Berytus in Thrace.
63. Evodus, bishop of Antioch.
64. Aristarchus, bishop of Apamea.
65. Mark, who is also John, bishop of Bibloupolis.
66. Zenas, bishop of Diospolis.
67. Philemon, bishop of Gaza.
68, 69. Aristarchus and Pudes.
70. Trophimus, who was martyred along with Paul.
[2027] In the Codex Baroccian. 206. This is found also, along with the former piece, On the Twelve Apostles, in two codices of the Coislinian or Seguierian Library, as Montfaucon states in his recension of the Greek manuscripts of that library. He mentions also a third codex of Hippolytus, On the Twelve Apostles. [Probably spurious, but yet antique.]
[2028] adelphotheos.
[2029] exelthon.
[2030] The text is, outoi hoi B' ton o tunchanonton diaskorpisthenton. It may be meant for, "these two of the seventy were scattered," etc.
[2031] John vi. 53, 66.
[2032] euangelizesthai, perhaps = write of that Gospel, as the Latin version puts it. [But St. Mark's body is said to be in Venice.]
[2033] Magus.
[2034] Rom. xvi. 14, Patrobas.
[2035] In the manuscript there is a lacuna here.
Heads of the Canons of Abulide or Hippolytus,
Which are used by the Æthiopian Christians. [2036]
1. Of the holy faith of Jesus Christ. [2037]
2. Of bishops. [2038]
3. Of prayers spoken on the ordination of bishops, and of the order of the Missa. [2039]
4. Of the ordination of presbyters.
5. Of the ordination of deacons.
6. Of those who suffer persecution for the faith. [2040]
7. Of the election of reader and sub-deacon. [2041]
8. Of the gift of healing. [2042]
9. Of the presbyter who abides in a place inconvenient for his office.
10. Of those who are converted to the Christian religion.
11. Of him who makes idols. [2044]
12. Various pursuits [2045] are enumerated, the followers of which are not to be admitted to the Christian religion until repentance is exhibited. [2046]
13. Of the place which the highest kings or princes shall occupy in the temple. [2047]
14. That it is not meet for Christians to bear arms. [2048]
15. Of works which are unlawful to Christians. [2049]
16. Of the Christian who marries a slave-woman. [2050]
17. Of the free woman. [2051]
18. Of the midwife; and that the women ought to be separate from the men in prayer. [2052]
19. Of the catechumen who suffers martyrdom before baptism. [2053]
20. Of the fast of the fourth and sixth holiday; and of Lent. [2054]
21. That presbyters should assemble daily with the people in church.
22. Of the week of the Jews' passover; and of him who knows not passover (Easter). [2056]
23. That every one be held to learn doctrine. [2057]
24. Of the care of the bishop over the sick. [2058]
25. Of him on whom the care of the sick is enjoined; and of the time at which prayers are to be made. [2059]
26. Of the time at which exhortations are to be heard. [2060]
27. Of him who frequents the temple every day. [2061]
28. That the faithful ought to eat nothing before the holy communion.
29. That care is to be well taken that nothing fall from the chalice to the ground. [2063]
30. Of catechumens. [2064]
31. That a deacon may dispense the Eucharist to the people with permission of a bishop or presbyter. [2065]
32. That widows and virgins ought to pray constantly. [2066]
33. That commemoration should be made of the faithful dead every day, with the exception of the Lord's day. [2067]