{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/008/0081006.htm","path":"chr/ecf/008/0081006.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/008/0081006.htm","text":"p. 300 Homily XIII.\nChapter I.\u2014Journey to Laodicea.\nNow at break of day Peter entered, and said: 1157 \u201cClement, and his mother Mattidia, and my wife, must take their seats immediately on the waggon.\u201d And so they did straightway. And as we were hastening along the road to Balan\u00e6ae, my mother asked me how my father was; and I said: \u201cMy father went in search of you, and of my twin brothers Faustinus and Faustinianus, and is now nowhere to be found. But I fancy he must have died long ago, either perishing by shipwreck, or losing his way, 1158 or wasted away by grief.\u201d When she heard this, she burst into tears, and groaned through grief; but the joy which she felt at finding me, mitigated in some degree the painfulness of her recollections. And so we all went down together to Balan\u00e6ae. And on the following day we went to Paltus, and from that to Gabala; and on the next day we reached Laodicea. And, lo! before the gates of the city Nicetas and Aquila met us, and embracing us, brought us to our lodging. Now Peter, seeing that the city was beautiful and great, said: \u201cIt is worth our while to stay here for some days; for, generally speaking, a populous place is most capable of yielding us those whom we seek.\u201d 1159 Nicetas and Aquila asked me who that strange woman was; and I said: \u201cMy mother, whom God, through my lord Peter, has granted me to recognise.\u201d\n[Comp. Recognitions, vii. 25. Here the narrative is somewhat fuller in detail.\u2014R.]\n300:1158\nCotelerius conjectured \u03c3\u03c6\u03b1\u03b3\u03ad\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 for \u03c3\u03c6\u03b1\u03bb\u03ad\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u2014\u201cbeing slain on our journey.\u201d\n300:1159\nThe first Epitome explains \u201cthose whom we seek\u201d as those who are worthy to share in Christ or in Christ\u2019s Gospel.","title":"Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol VIII: Pseudo-Clementine Literatu...","type":"page"}