{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/008/0080737.htm","path":"chr/ecf/008/0080737.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/008/0080737.htm","text":"Chapter L.\u2014His Teaching Concerning the Scriptures.\nThen Peter: \u201cAs to the mixture of truth with falsehood, 993 I remember that on one occasion He, finding fault with the Sadducees, said, \u2018Wherefore ye do err, not knowing the true things of the Scriptures; and on this account ye are ignorant of the power of God.\u2019 994 But if He cast up to them that they knew not the true things of the Scriptures, it is manifest that there are false things in them. And also, inasmuch as He said, \u2018Be ye prudent money-changers,\u2019 995 it is because there are genuine and spurious words. And whereas He said, \u2018Wherefore do ye not p. 248 perceive that which is reasonable in the Scriptures?\u2019 He makes the understanding of him stronger who voluntarily judges soundly.\n[Comp. Homily II. 40. The attitude of Peter, as here represented, disparaging the Old Testament, appearing to exalt the author of Christ\u2019s teachings, and yet ignoring the claims of His Person and Work, seeks its justification in rationalistic interpretation. The attitude is not an uncommon one at present.\u2014R.]\n247:994\nMatt. xxii. 29. [Misquoted and misapplied here, as in Homily II. 51.\u2014R.]\n247:995\nThis is frequently quoted as a saying of Christ. It is probably from one of the apocryphal Gospels. [Comp. Homily II. 51.\u2014R.]","title":"Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol VIII: Pseudo-Clementine Literature.: Chapter L","type":"page"}