{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/008/0080239.htm","path":"chr/ecf/008/0080239.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/008/0080239.htm","text":"Chapter XXXIX.\u2014Immortality of the Soul.\nThen said Simon: \u201cThe one point on which I should wish to be satisfied is, whether the soul is immortal; for I cannot take up the burden of righteousness unless I know first concerning the immortality of the soul; for indeed if it is not immortal, the profession of your preaching cannot stand.\u201d Then said Peter: \u201cLet us first inquire whether God is just; for if this were ascertained, the perfect order of religion would straight-way be established.\u201d Then Simon: \u201cWith all your boasting of your knowledge of the order of discussion, you seem to me now to have answered contrary to order; for when I ask you to show whether the soul is immortal, you say that we must first inquire whether God is just.\u201d Then said Peter: \u201cThat is perfectly right and regular.\u201d Simon: \u201cI should wish to learn how.\u201d","title":"Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol VIII: Pseudo-Clementine Literatu...","type":"page"}