{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/008/0080130.htm","path":"chr/ecf/008/0080130.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/008/0080130.htm","text":"Chapter LXVIII.\u2014The Rule of Faith.\n\u201cThese sayings of Gamaliel did not much please Caiaphas; and holding him in suspicion, as it seemed, he began to insinuate himself cunningly into the discussions: for, smiling at what Gamaliel had said, the chief of the priests asked of James, the chief of the bishops, 594 that the discourse concerning Christ should not be drawn but from the Scriptures; \u2018that we may know,\u2019 said he, \u2018whether Jesus be the very Christ or no.\u2019 Then said James, \u2018We must first inquire from what Scriptures we are especially to derive our discussion.\u2019 Then he, with difficulty, at length overcome by reason, answered, that it must be derived from the law; and afterwards he made mention also of the prophets.\u201d\n[This title is consistent with the position accorded to James the Lord\u2019s brother in the entire pseudo-Clementine literature.\u2014R.]","title":"Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol VIII: Pseudo-Clementine Literatu...","type":"page"}