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Testimonia veterum de S. Barnaba et ejus epistola
Editors' preface
S. BARNABAS APOSTOLUS
St Barnabas the Apostle
PROLEGOMENA
Prolegomena
VETERUM TESTIMONIA DE S. BARNABA ET EJUS EPISTOLA
Testimonies of the Ancients concerning St Barnabas and his Epistle
(GALLAND., Vet. Patr. Biblioth., I, 113. Venet., 1765, in-fol.)
(Gallandi, Library of the Ancient Fathers, I, 113. Venice, 1765, folio.)
I.
I.
CLEMENS ALEX. Στρωμ. lib. II, cap. 6, pag. 445, edit. Oxon.
Clement of Alexandria, Stromata, Book II, chap. 6, p. 445, Oxford edition.
Εἰκότως οὖν ὁ ἀπόστολος Βαρνάβας· Ἀφ' οὗ, φησὶν, ἔλαβον μέρους, κ. τ. λ.
Reasonably therefore the apostle Barnabas: From the portion, he says, which I received, etc.
IDEM, ibid., cap. 7, pag. 447.
The same, in the same work, chap. 7, p. 447.
Καὶ Βαρνάβας ὁ ἀπόστολος· Οὐαὶ οἱ συνετοὶ παρ' ἑαυτοῖς.
And Barnabas the apostle: Woe to those who are intelligent in their own sight.
IDEM, ibid., cap. 15, pag. 464.
The same, in the same work, chap. 15, p. 464.
Ἀλλὰ καὶ Δαβὶδ, καὶ πρὸ Δαβὶδ ὁ Μωϋσῆς, τῶν τριῶν δογμάτων τὴν γνῶσιν ἐμφαίνουσιν διὰ τούτων. Ταῦτα μὲν ὁ Βαρνάβας.
Moreover both David, and before David Moses, set forth the knowledge of the three dogmas through these things. Thus far indeed Barnabas.
IDEM, ibid., cap. 18, pag. 472.
The same, in the same work, chap. 18, p. 472.
Ἀμέλει μυστικῶς ὁ Βαρνάβας· Ὁ δὲ Θεὸς ὁ τοῦ παντὸς κόσμου κυριεύων, φησὶ, δῴη, κ. τ. λ.
Doubtless mystically Barnabas: And may God who rules over the whole world, he says, grant, etc.
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IDEM, ibid., cap. 20, pag. 489.
The same, in the same work, chap. 20, p. 489.
Οὔ μοι δεῖ πλειόνων λόγων, παραθεμένῳ μάρτυν τὸν ἀποστολικὸν Βαρνάβαν· ὁ δὲ τῶν ἑβδομήκοντα ἦν, καὶ συνεργὸς τοῦ Παύλου· κατὰ λέξιν ὧδέ πως λέγοντα· Πρὸ τοῦ ἡμᾶς πιστεῦσαι τῷ Θεῷ, κ. τ. λ.
I have no need of more words, when I have adduced as witness the apostolic Barnabas—and he was of the Seventy, and a fellow-worker of Paul—speaking word for word somewhat thus: Before we believed in God, etc.
IDEM, ibid., lib. V, cap. 8, pag. 677.
The same, in the same work, Book V, chap. 8, p. 677.
Ἔμπαλιν δὲ ἐπιτρέπει διχηλοῦν καὶ μηρυκώμενον ἐσθίειν· μηνύων, φησὶν ὁ Βαρνάβας, κολλᾶσθαι δεῖν μετὰ τῶν φοβουμένων τὸν Κύριον, κ. τ. λ.
And on the contrary he permits us to eat that which parts the hoof and chews the cud; signifying, says Barnabas, that one ought to cleave to those who fear the Lord, etc.
IDEM, ibid., cap. 10, pag. 683.
The same, in the same work, chap. 10, p. 683.
Ἀλλὰ καὶ Βαρνάβας, ὁ καὶ αὐτὸς συγκηρύξας τῷ Ἀποστόλῳ, κατὰ τὴν διακονίαν τῶν ἐθνῶν τὸν λόγον, Ἁπλούστερον, φησὶν, ὑμῖν γράφω, ἵνα συνίητε. Εἶθ' ὑποβὰς, ἤδη σαφέστερον γνωστικῆς παραδόσεως ἴχνος παρατιθέμενος, λέγει· Τί λέγει ὁ ἄλλος προφήτης Μωϋσῆς αὐτοῖς; Ἰδοὺ τάδε λέγει Κύριος ὁ Θεός· Εἰσέλθετε εἰς τὴν γῆν τὴν ἀγαθήν, κ. τ. λ.
Moreover Barnabas also, who himself too preached the word together with the Apostle in the ministry of the Gentiles, says: More simply I write to you, that you may understand. Then going a little further down, setting forth already a clearer trace of gnostic tradition, he says: What says the other prophet Moses to them? Behold, thus says the Lord God: Enter into the good land, etc.
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II.
II.
ORIGENES, lib. I, contra Celsum, num. 63, tom. 1, pag. 378, edit. Paris. 1733.
Origen, Against Celsus, Book I, no. 63, vol. 1, p. 378, Paris edition, 1733.
Γέγραπται δὴ ἐν τῇ Βαρνάβα καθολικῇ Ἐπιστολῇ .... ὅτι ἐξελέξατο τοὺς ἰδίους ἀποστόλους Ἰησοῦς, ὄντας ὑπὲρ πᾶσαν ἀνομίαν ἀνομωτέρους. Philocaliae, cap. 17.
Now it is written in the Catholic Epistle of Barnabas .... that Jesus chose His own apostles, who were more lawless than all lawlessness. Philocalia, chap. 17.
IDEM, Περὶ ἀρχῶν, lib. III, cap. 2, num. 4, tom. I, pag. 140.
The same, On First Principles, Book III, chap. 2, no. 4, vol. I, p. 140.
Eadem quoque Barnabas in Epistola sua declarat, cum duas vias esse dicit, unam lucis, alteram tenebrarum, quibus et praeesse certos quosque angelos dicit: viae quidem lucis, angelos Dei; tenebrarum autem viae, angelos Satanae. Cap. 18.
The same thing Barnabas also declares in his Epistle, when he says that there are two ways, one of light, the other of darkness, over which, he says, certain particular angels also preside: over the way of light, angels of God; but over the way of darkness, angels of Satan. Chap. 18.
Lege sis ejusdem Origenis lib. I Explanat. in Epist. ad Rom. I, 24.
Read, if you will, the same Origen's Explanation of the Epistle to the Romans, Book I, on 1:24.
III.
III.
EUSEBIUS, Hist. eccl., lib. III, cap. 25.
Eusebius, Church History, Book III, chap. 25.
Ἐν τοῖς νόθοις κατατετάχθω καὶ τῶν Παύλου Πράξεων ἡ γραφή· ὅ τε λεγόμενος Ποιμὴν, καὶ ἡ Ἀποκάλυψις Πέτρου, καὶ πρὸς τούτοις ἡ φερομένη Βαρνάβα ἐπιστολή. Lege Nicephorum, lib. II, cap. 46.
Among the spurious let there be ranked also the writing of the Acts of Paul; and the so-called Shepherd, and the Apocalypse of Peter, and in addition to these the current Epistle of Barnabas. Read Nicephorus, Book II, chap. 46.
IDEM, ibid., lib. VI, cap. 14.
The same, in the same work, Book VI, chap. 14.
Ἐν δὲ ταῖς Ὑποτυπώσεσι, ξυνελόντα εἰπεῖν, πάσης τῆς ἐνδιαθήκου Γραφῆς ἐπιτετμημένας πεποίηται διηγήσεις· μὴ δὲ τὰς ἀναλεγομένας παρελθών· τὴν Ἰούδα, λέγω, καὶ τὰς λοιπὰς καθολικὰς ἐπιστολάς· τήν τε Βαρνάβα καὶ τὴν Πέτρου λεγομένην ἀποκάλυψιν. Lege Nicephorum, lib. IV, cap. 33.
And in the Hypotyposes, to speak briefly, he has made abridged expositions of all the canonical Scripture; not passing over even the disputed books: I mean that of Jude, and the remaining Catholic Epistles; and that of Barnabas and the so-called Apocalypse of Peter. Read Nicephorus, Book IV, chap. 33.
Alium locum EUSEBII ex Hist. Eccl., lib. VI, cap. 13, superius retulimus inter veterum testimonia de Epistolis CLEMENTIS.
Another passage of Eusebius, from the Church History, Book VI, chap. 13, we have given above among the testimonies of the ancients concerning the Epistles of Clement.
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IV.
IV.
HIERONYMUS, lib. De viris illustribus, cap. 6, cum vetere Graeco interprete.
Jerome, book On Illustrious Men, chap. 6, with the old Greek translator.
Βαρνάβας Κύπριος, ὁ καὶ Ἰωσὴφ Λευίτης, μετὰ Παύλου τῶν ἐθνῶν ἀπόστολος κατασταθεὶς, μίαν πρὸς οἰκοδομὴν τῆς Ἐκκλησίας ἐπιστολὴν συνέταξεν, ἥτις εἰς τὰς ἀποκρύφους γραφὰς ἀναγινώσκεται.
Barnabas the Cypriot, who is also Joseph the Levite, having been appointed apostle of the Gentiles with Paul, composed one epistle for the edification of the Church, which is read among the apocryphal scriptures.
Lege Adonem Viennensem, in libro De festivitatibus, ad. III Idus Jun.; Notkerum, Freculfum, Honorium Augustod.
Read Ado of Vienne, in the book On the Festivals, at the third day before the Ides of June; Notker, Freculf, Honorius of Autun.
IDEM, lib. XIII Comment. in Ezechiel. XLIII, 19.
The same, Commentary on Ezekiel, Book XIII, on 43:19.
Vitulum autem qui pro nobis immolatus est, et multa Scripturarum loca, et praecipue Barnabae Epistola quae habetur in scripturas apocryphas, nominat. Cap. 8.
And the calf which was sacrificed for us is named by many passages of the Scriptures, and especially by the Epistle of Barnabas, which is counted among the apocryphal scriptures. Chap. 8.
Idem HIERONYMUS, adversus Pelagianos, lib. III, cap. 1, locum S. Barnabae de apostolis, laudatum ab Origene, lib. I contr. Celsum, perperam citat sub nomine B. Ignatii.
Jerome likewise, Against the Pelagians, Book III, chap. 1, wrongly cites under the name of Blessed Ignatius the passage of St Barnabas about the apostles which Origen quotes in Against Celsus, Book I.
NICEPHORUS CP. in fine Chronographiae suae Epistolam Barnabae posuerat inter libros Novi Testamenti, quibus contradictum fuit, ut patet ex Anastasii Bibliothecarii versione.
Nicephorus of Constantinople, at the end of his Chronography, had placed the Epistle of Barnabas among those books of the New Testament which were spoken against, as is clear from the version of Anastasius the Librarian.
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