{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/008/0081008.htm","path":"chr/ecf/008/0081008.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/008/0081008.htm","text":"Chapter III.\u2014Recognition of Nicetas and Aquila.\nNow when this summary narrative had been given by Peter, Nicetas and Aquila in amazement said: \u201cIs this indeed true, O Ruler and Lord of the universe, or is it a dream?\u201d And Peter said: \u201cUnless we are asleep, it certainly is true.\u201d On this they waited for a little in deep meditation, and then said: \u201cWe are Faustinus and Faustinianus. From the commencement of your conversation we looked at each other, and conjectured much with regard to ourselves, whether what was said had reference to us or not; for we reflected that many coincidences take place in life. Wherefore we remained silent while our hearts beat fast. But when you came to the end of your narrative, we saw clearly 1161 that your statements referred to us, and then we avowed who we were.\u201d And on saying this, bathed in tears, they rushed in to see their mother; and although they found her asleep, they were yet anxious to embrace her. But Peter forbade them, saying: \u201cLet me bring you and present you to your mother, lest she should, in consequence of her great and sudden joy, lose her reason, as she is slumbering, and her spirit is held fast by sleep.\u201d\nThe text is somewhat doubtful. We have given the meaning contained in the first Epitome.","title":"Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol VIII: Pseudo-Clementine Literature.: Chapter III","type":"page"}