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Appendix ad S. Clementem: Martyrium S. Clementis papae Romani

Editors' preface

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ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΟΝ

ΤΟΥ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΚΛΗΜΕΝΤΟΣ

ΠΑΠΑ ΡΩΜΗΣ.

THE MARTYRDOM

OF SAINT CLEMENT,

POPE OF ROME.

I. Τρίτον τῆς Ῥωμαίων Ἐκκλησίας προέστη Κλήμης ὃς τῇ ἐπιστήμῃ τοῦ ἀποστόλου Πέτρου ἀκολουθήσας, οὕτω τοῖς τῶν τρόπων κόσμοις διέπρεπεν, ὥστε καὶ Ἰουδαίοις καὶ Ἕλλησι καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς Χριστιανῶν λαοῖς εὐαρεστεῖν. Ἠγάπων μὲν αὐτὸν οἱ Ἕλληνες, ἐπειδὴ οὐ βδελυττόμενος, ἀλλὰ ἀπολογούμενος ἐκ τῶν παρ' αὐτοῖς βιβλίων τε καὶ τελετῶν ἀπεδείκνυε, ποῦ τε γεγέννηνται, καὶ πόθεν ὥρμηντο οἱ παρ' αὐτοῖς νομιζόμενοι καὶ λατρευόμενοι θεοί· ἅ τε πεπράχασι, πῶς τε αὖθις κατέληξαν, φανοτάταις ἀποδείξεσι παρίστη· αὐτούς τε τοὺς Ἕλληνας συγχωρήσεως παρὰ Θεοῦ τυχεῖν, εἴπερ τῆς ἐκείνων λατρείας ἀπόσχοιντο, ἐδίδασκε.

I. Clement presided third over the Church of the Romans, who, having followed the instruction of the apostle Peter, so excelled in the ornaments of his manners as to be well-pleasing both to Jews and to Greeks and to all the peoples of the Christians. The Greeks indeed loved him, because, not expressing loathing, but making a defence out of the books and rites among them, he demonstrated both where they had been born and whence those who were accounted and worshipped among them as gods had originated; and what things they had done, and how again they had come to an end, he set forth by the clearest proofs; and he taught that the Greeks themselves would obtain forgiveness from God, if indeed they would abstain from the worship of those.

II. Παρὰ δὲ Ἰουδαίοις τοιούτῳ τρόπῳ χάριν ἐπορίζετο· ἐπειδὴ τοὺς πατέρας αὐτῶν φίλους τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀπεδείκνυε· τόν τε νόμον αὐτῶν ἅγιον καὶ ἱερώτατον ἀπέφαινε, καὶ πρῶτον τόπον τούτους παρὰ τῷ Θεῷ κληροῦσθαι, εἴπερ τοῦ ἰδίου νόμου τὰ μυστήρια τηρήσοιεν, ἐν τῷ τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν πρὸς Ἀβραὰμ μὴ ἀρνεῖσθαι εἰς τὸν Χριστὸν πεπληρῶσθαι· διότι ἐν τῷ σπέρματι τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ κληροδοτεῖν ὁ Θεὸς καθυπέσχετο πάντα τὰ ἔθνη· καὶ ὅπερ εἶπε πρὸς Δαβίδ·

II. And among the Jews he procured favour in such a manner: because he demonstrated their fathers to be friends of God; and he declared their law to be holy and most sacred, and that they were allotted the first place with God, if indeed they would keep the mysteries of their own law, in not denying that the promise to Abraham had been fulfilled in Christ: because in the seed of Abraham God promised to give all the nations as an inheritance; and that which He said to David:

Editors' notes and page, col. 617

Footnotes

VARIAE LECTIONES (79*) ‹anchor: Κλήμης› · call in col 617 In ms. Reg. 804 : τρίτος (cod. 2421, δεύτερος) γὰρ ἀπὸ Πέτρου τοῦ κορυφαίου τῶν ἀποστόλων τῆς Ῥωμαίων Ἐκκλησίας ἀριθμούμενος πρόεδρος, τὴν τοῦ διδασκάλου ἐπιστήμην ἀκριβωσάμενος, καὶ τοῖς αὐτοῦ ἴχνεσιν ἀπαρατρέπτως ἑπόμενος, πεπληρωμένος τε θείας σοφίας καὶ χάριτος, οὕτω τοῖς τρόποις ἐκεκόσμητο καὶ διέλαμψεν, ὥστε πᾶσι πάντα γινόμενος τοῦ σώζεσθαι πάντας ἕνεκα, Ἰουδαίοις καὶ Ἕλλησι καὶ τοῖς Χριστιανῶν λαοῖς πᾶσιν εὐαρεστεῖν, ὑπὸ πάντων τε ἀγαπώμενος, πάντας τῇ εἰς Χριστὸν ἀγάπῃ συνδεῖν ἐποιεῖτο σπουδήν. Ἠγάπων, etc. Hoc est : « Tertius enim post Petrum principem apostolorum, Romanae Ecclesiae numeratus antistes, Magistri disciplinam accurate observans, ejusque vestigiis indeflexe insistens, repletusque divina gratia et sapientia, sic moribus ornatus erat ac refulgebat, ut omnibus omnia factus quo cuncti salvi fierent, Judaeis, Graecis, Christianisque populis omnibus placeret ; atque ab universis amatus, conabatur cunctos charitate in Christum colligare. Diligebant, etc. » Fuit autem codex 2421 non ita pridem e Graecia missus ad Christianissimum regem, continetque Clementis martyrium eodem fere modo quo liber 804, sed cum prologo, et cum miraculi narratione vice Epilogi. Ibid.

In MS Regius 804: "For, numbered the third (cod. 2421: the second) presiding bishop of the Church of the Romans after Peter, the chief of the apostles, he had mastered his teacher's learning and followed in his footsteps without turning aside, and being filled with divine wisdom and grace, he was so adorned in his ways and shone so brightly that, becoming all things to all for the sake of saving all, he pleased Jews and Greeks and all the Christian peoples; and, loved by all, he made it his endeavour to bind all together in the love of Christ. They loved, etc." That is: "For, numbered the third bishop of the Roman Church after Peter, the prince of the apostles, carefully keeping his Master's teaching and treading unswervingly in his footsteps, and filled with divine grace and wisdom, he was so adorned in his ways and shone so brightly that, made all things to all so that all might be saved, he pleased Jews, Greeks and all the Christian peoples; and, loved by all, he strove to bind everyone together in charity towards Christ. They loved, etc." Codex 2421, moreover, was sent not long ago from Greece to the Most Christian King, and it contains the martyrdom of Clement in much the same form as book 804, but with a prologue, and with the narrative of the miracle in place of an epilogue. The same.

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al. μὲν γάρ.

Another reading: μὲν γάρ ("for indeed").

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al. (continues)

Another reading: (continues)

VARIORUM NOTAE (printed under page 306)

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De Clementis martyrio non memini me legere in antiquioribus Ecclesiae magistris : primusque quod sciam Rufinus, scribens de adulteratione librorum Origenis, Clementem nomine martyris donavit. Clemens, inquit, apostolorum discipulus, qui Romanae Ecclesiae post apostolos et episcopus et martyr praefuit. Cot.

I do not remember reading of Clement's martyrdom in the older teachers of the Church; the first, so far as I know, to give Clement the name of martyr was Rufinus, writing on the falsification of Origen's books: "Clement," he says, "disciple of the apostles, who after the apostles presided over the Roman Church as both bishop and martyr." Cotelier.

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running head: TEM. — MARTYRIUM S. CLEMENTIS. 618
marginal letters: A I. Tertius Romanae; B strabat amicos Dei
old-edition numerals: (none)
other: facing Latin version, not set; full-width title lines at top cut off at left edge not set; running head cut off at left edge
other: Latin title printed across the full width of cols 617–618 below the Greek title, untranslated: MARTYRIUM S. CLEMENTIS PAPAE ROMANI. Editor's source line beneath it, not set: (Cotelerius, Patres apostolici, I, 808, ex Simeone Metaphraste, die 24 Novembris.) Col. 618 is otherwise the facing Latin version of chs. I–II; no layer-1 Greek stands in it on this page.

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Footnotes

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Psal. CXXXI, 11.

Psalm 131 (132):11.

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Isa. VII, 14.

Isaiah 7:14.

VARIAE LECTIONES (82-84) ‹anchor: not visible on this page foot› · call in col 619 al. καθ' ἕκαστον.

Another reading: καθ' ἕκαστον ("each one").

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al. κεκαθαρμένων.

Another reading: κεκαθαρμένων ("of those cleansed").

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al. ἐφοβήθησαν.

Another reading: ἐφοβήθησαν ("they were afraid").

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al. ἀπαρεσχομένους πλείστους ὄντας.

Another reading: ἀπαρεσχομένους πλείστους ὄντας ("those displeased, being very many").

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Concinnior mihi videtur lectio duorum mss. Τοὺς ἀπαρεσχομένους πλείστους ὄντας, illos qui aegre ferunt, suntque numero plures. Cot.

The reading of two manuscripts seems to me more fitting: τοὺς ἀπαρεσχομένους πλείστους ὄντας, "those who take it ill, and are the greater number." Cotelier.

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(89) ‹anchor: Θεοδώρα, ἐπιστραφεῖσα› · call in col 619

al. πιστεύσασα.

Another reading: πιστεύσασα ("having believed").

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(90) ‹anchor: ἐκκλησίαν σπεύδουσαν› · call in col 619

al. ἀπιοῦσαν.

Another reading: ἀπιοῦσαν ("going off").

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al. εἰσελθούσης.

Another reading: εἰσελθούσης ("when she had gone in").

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al. λαβόντες αὐτὸν περιῆγον δι'.

Another reading: λαβόντες αὐτὸν περιῆγον δι' ("taking him, they led him about through").

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(93) ‹anchor: εἰσέβησαν καταλαβεῖν› · call in col 619

al. εἰσῆλθον εὑρεῖν.

Another reading: εἰσῆλθον εὑρεῖν ("[by which] they had come in, to find").

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al. πλανωμένους καὶ κυκλεύειν.

Another reading: πλανωμένους καὶ κυκλεύειν ("wandering and going round").

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(95) ‹anchor: αὐτῶν τυφλωθέντος› · call in col 619

al. τυφλωθέντα αὐτόν.

Another reading: τυφλωθέντα αὐτόν ("him, blinded").

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(96) ‹anchor: τὴν θέαν αὐτῶν› · call in col 619

al. αὐτοῦ.

Another reading: αὐτοῦ ("his").

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al. μεταπεμψαμένη.

Another reading: μεταπεμψαμένη ("having summoned").

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(98) ‹anchor: περιερχόμενοι, εἶπον› · call in col 619

al. εἶπεν.

Another reading: εἶπεν ("he said").

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al. ἅπερ αὐτῷ οὐκ ἔξεστι.

Another reading: ἅπερ αὐτῷ οὐκ ἔξεστι ("the things which are not lawful for him").

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running head: 619 APPENDIX AD S. CLEM
marginal letters: A quod ad Davidem; B cum Deo, tum; C sancto Clemente facta; D domino suo. Quae
old-edition numerals: (none)
other: facing Latin version, not set; running head cut off at right edge

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Ἐκ καρποῦ τῆς κοιλίας σου θήσομαι ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου σου. Καὶ αὖθις διὰ Ἠσαΐου τοῦ προφήτου· Ὅτι ἡ παρθένος ἐν γαστρὶ λήψεται, καὶ τέξεται υἱὸν, καὶ κληθήσεται τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἐμμανουήλ.

Of the fruit of your belly will I set upon your throne (Ps. 131:11). And again through Isaiah the prophet: The virgin shall conceive in the womb, and shall bring forth a son, and His name shall be called Emmanuel (Isa. 7:14).

III. Παρὰ δὲ Χριστιανοῖς, διὰ τοῦτο καὶ μᾶλλον ἠγαπᾶτο, ἐπειδὴ τοὺς καθ' ἑκάστην ῥεγεῶνα πένητας κατ' ὄνομα εἶχε γεγραμμένους· καὶ οὓς τῷ τοῦ βαπτίσματος ἁγιασμῷ ἐφώτιζεν, οὐ συνεχώρει δημοσίαν ἀπαίτησιν ὑπελθεῖν. Τῷ δὲ καθ' ἡμέραν κηρύγματι τούς τε μετρίους καὶ πλουσίους ἐνουθέτει τοῦ μὴ ἀνέχεσθαι τοὺς πεφωτισμένους πένητας παρὰ Ἰουδαίων ἢ Ἑλλήνων δημόσια ὄψα λαμβάνειν, καὶ βίον τῇ τοῦ βαπτίσματος καθιερώσει κεκαθαρμένον, χαρίσμασιν Ἑλλήνων χραίνεσθαι.

III. And among Christians, on this account he was loved even more, because he had the poor in each district written down by name; and those whom he enlightened with the sanctification of baptism, he did not permit to undergo public begging. And by his daily preaching he admonished both those of moderate means and the rich not to suffer the enlightened poor to receive public provisions from Jews or Greeks, and a life cleansed by the consecration of baptism to be defiled by the largesses of Greeks.

IV. Τούτοις, καὶ τούτων πλείοσιν ἀνδραγαθίας ἄνθεσι τῷ τε Θεῷ καὶ πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις ἐχέφροσιν εὐηρέστει. Τοῖς γὰρ ἀλογίστοις ἀρέσκειν ἀδύνατον, ὅπερ τῷ Θεῷ εὐάρεστον ἀποδείκνυται. Τούτου οὖν ἕνεκεν οὐκ ἐφόβησαν τὰς ὕβρεις τῶν ἀλογίστων ἀνθρώπων ἐκεῖνοι, οἷς ἡ γνώμη ἐτύγχανε τοὺς ἀπαρέσκοντας πλείστοις μὴ δειλιᾷν. Ὅτου χάριν περιῆν τῷ μακαριωτάτῳ Κλήμεντι τῷ τοῦ θρόνου Ῥωμαίων ἐπισκόπῳ τὸν φίλον τοῦ βασιλέως Νερούα μὴ φοβεῖσθαι.

IV. By these, and more than these flowers of virtuous conduct, he was well-pleasing both to God and to all sensible men. For it is impossible to please senseless men with that which is shown to be well-pleasing to God. On this account, therefore, those men did not fear the insults of senseless men, whose resolve happened to be not to dread those who displease the most. For the sake of which it fell to the most blessed Clement, the bishop of the throne of the Romans, not to fear the friend of the emperor Nerva.

V. Ἐπειδὴ τοίνυν τῇ αὐτοῦ διδασκαλίᾳ ἡ γυνὴ τοῦ Σισιννίου Θεοδώρα, ἐπιστραφεῖσα πρὸς Θεὸν, σπουδαίαν ἐτέλει τὴν λειτουργίαν, ταύτην ὁ ἀνὴρ ζηλοτυπήσας, παγιδεῦσαι κατηγωνίζετο, πρὸς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν σπεύδουσαν. Καὶ δὴ εἰσερχομένης, ἐκεῖνος δι' ἑτέρας εἰσόδου καταφθάσας, ἤρξατο πολυπραγμονεῖν· καὶ ἡνίκα παρὰ τοῦ ἁγίου Κλήμεντος εὐχὴ γέγονε, τοῦ λαοῦ εἰρηκότος τὸ Ἀμὴν, ὁ Σισίννιος ἐν τούτῳ τυφλός τε καὶ κωφὸς ἀπετελέσθη, τοῦ μήτε ὁρᾷν, μήτε ἀκούειν δύνασθαι. Τότε οὖν λέγει τοῖς δούλοις αὐτοῦ· Λάβετέ με εἰς τὰς χεῖρας ὑμῶν, καὶ ἐξαγάγετε ἔξω, ὅτι οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου τυφλοὶ γεγόνασι, καὶ αἱ ἀκοαί μου εἰς τοσοῦτον ἐκωφώθησαν, ὅτι οὐδὲν τὸ σύνολον ἀκούειν δύναμαι.

V. Since, therefore, by his teaching Theodora the wife of Sisinnius, having turned to God, was performing earnest service, her husband, being jealous of her, struggled to ensnare her as she hastened to the church. And indeed as she was entering, he, having arrived first through another entrance, began to pry curiously; and when prayer had been made by Saint Clement, the people having said the Amen, Sisinnius thereupon was rendered both blind and deaf, so as to be able neither to see nor to hear. Then therefore he says to his slaves: Take me into your hands, and lead me outside, because my eyes have become blind, and my ears have been deafened to such a degree that I am able to hear nothing at all.

VI. Τότε οἱ παῖδες αὐτοῦ περιῆγον μετ' αὐτοῦ δι' ὅλης τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ εὐχομένου λαοῦ, ἀνδρῶν τε καὶ γυναικῶν, καὶ τὰς θύρας ὅθεν εἰσέβησαν καταλαβεῖν οὐκ ἐδύναντο. Ὅθεν ἐν τῷ περιέρχεσθαι αὐτοὺς πλανηθέντας, καὶ πάλιν κυκλεύειν, πρὸς Θεοδώραν τὴν κυρίαν αὐτῶν, ἔνθα τῷ Θεῷ προσηύχετο, σὺν τῷ δεσπότῃ αὐτῶν παρεγένοντο. Ἥτις ἑωρακυῖα τοὺς ἑαυτῆς παῖδας μετὰ τοῦ κυρίου αὐτῶν τυφλωθέντος περιάγοντας, πρῶτον μὲν ἐξέκλινε τὴν θέαν αὐτῶν, νομίζουσα ὅτι περ ἠνεῳγμένοις ὄμμασιν θεάσηται αὐτήν. Καὶ πεμψάσης ἕνα τῶν παίδων αὐτῆς πρὸς τὸ γνῶναι τί ἄρα θέλοιεν μετὰ τοῦ κυρίου αὐτῶν περιερχόμενοι, εἶπον· Ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν, θέλων ὁρᾷν ὅπερ αὐτὸν οὐκ ἐξῆν, καὶ ἀκούειν ἀλλοτρίου μυστηρίου, ἀποτετύφλωται, καὶ κωφὸς

VI. Then his servants went about with him through the whole church in the midst of the praying people, both men and women, and were not able to reach the doors whence they had entered. Whence, as they went about wandering and circled around again, they came with their master to Theodora their mistress, where she was praying to God. And she, having seen her own servants going about with their blinded lord, at first indeed turned away from the sight of them, supposing that he was beholding her with opened eyes. And when she had sent one of her servants in order to know what then they might wish in going about with their lord, they said: Our lord, wishing to see what was not lawful for him, and to hear a strange mystery, has been struck blind, and deaf

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running head: DIX AD S. CLEMENTEM. 620
marginal letters: A Ἐκ καρποῦ τῆς; B θεσι τῷ τε; C νεῖν· καὶ ἡνίκα; D χετο, σὺν τῷ
old-edition numerals: (none)
other: running head cut off at left edge
other: Variae lectiones 82-84 to 99 (called in this column's Greek) and scripture notes a, b are printed under page 307 and set once in n619

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ἀπειργάσθη· ἡμῖν τε ἐκέλευσεν, ἵνα τοῦτον ἐντεῦθεν ὁπωσοῦν ἐξαγάγωμεν· καὶ οὐ συγκεχώρηται ἡμῖν αὐτὸν ἐντεῦθεν ὁπωσοῦν ἐκφέρειν.

has been rendered; and he commanded us that we should lead him out hence in whatever way; and it has not been permitted to us to carry him out hence in any way.

VII. Ἡνίκα δὲ τοῦτο τὸ διήγημα ἡ Θεοδώρα ὑπεδέξατο παρὰ τοῦ παιδὸς, κατέστρωσεν ἑαυτὴν εἰς εὐχὴν, καὶ μετὰ δακρύων παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐδέετο ἵνα ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς ἐκεῖθεν δυνηθῇ ἐξελθεῖν. Καὶ στραφεῖσα πρὸς τοὺς παῖδας τοὺς συνόντας αὐτῷ, εἶπεν· Ἀπέλθετε, καὶ χειραγωγήσαντες τὸν κύριον ὑμῶν, ἀπαγάγετε εἰς τὸν οἶκον· ἐγὼ γὰρ τὴν εὐχὴν, ἣν ἠρξάμην, οὐ μὴ καταλείπω, ἀλλὰ προσφέρω τὴν θυσίαν μου τῷ Κυρίῳ, καὶ πληρουμένων τῶν μυστηρίων, καταφθάνω ὑμᾶς. Τότε τοίνυν ἀπῆλθον οἱ παῖδες χειραγωγοῦντες αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐξερχόμενοι, ἀπήγαγον εἰς τὸν οἶκον· καὶ ὑποστρέψαντες πρὸς τὴν κυρίαν αὐτῶν, τυφλὸν ἀπήγγειλαν καὶ κωφὸν αὐτὸν εἰσέτι διαμεῖναι. Ἡ δὲ Θεοδώρα ἐπὶ πλεῖον τῷ Θεῷ δεήσεις καὶ δάκρυα ἐξέχεεν, ὅπως τοῦ ἀνδρὸς αὐτῆς τὸ αὐτοῦ ἔλεος ἀντιλήψηται. Καὶ δὴ τῆς ἀπολύσεως γεγονυίας προσέπεσε τῷ μακαρίῳ Κλήμεντι ἡ Θεοδώρα, λέγουσα, τὸν ἄνδρα αὐτῆς περιεργαζόμενον τὰ ἀπόῤῥητα τῶν μυστηρίων τοῦ Δεσπότου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, τυφλώσει περιπεσεῖν τῶν ἀμφοτέρων ὀφθαλμῶν, τῶν τε ἑκατέρων ὤτων τὸ ἀκουστικὸν παραυτὰ ἀπολέσαι.

VII. Now when Theodora received this account from the servant, she prostrated herself in prayer, and with tears besought of God that her husband might be able to go out thence. And having turned to the servants who were with him, she said: Go away, and leading your lord by the hand, conduct him to the house; for I will by no means leave the prayer which I have begun, but I offer my sacrifice to the Lord, and when the mysteries are fulfilled, I will overtake you. Then therefore the servants departed leading him by the hand, and going out, conducted him to the house; and having returned to their mistress, they reported that he still remained blind and deaf. And Theodora poured forth prayers and tears all the more to God, that His mercy might succour her husband. And indeed when the dismissal had taken place, Theodora fell down before the blessed Clement, saying that her husband, prying curiously into the secrets of the mysteries of the Sovereign Lord Jesus Christ, had fallen into blindness of both eyes, and had immediately lost the hearing of both ears.

VIII. Τηνικαῦτα οὖν ὁ μακάριος Κλήμης, προχέας δάκρυα, προτρέπειν ἤρξατο τοὺς συμπαρόντας, ἵνα ὁμοθυμαδὸν παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου αἰτήσωνται, ὅπως τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆς τήν τε ἀκοὴν χαρίσηται καὶ τὴν ὅρασιν· θαρσαλέως τοίνυν ὁ μακάριος Κλήμης μετὰ τὴν εὐχὴν συνεπορεύθη τῇ γυναικὶ πρὸς τὸν ἐκείνης ἄνδρα, καὶ εὗρεν αὐτὸν, ἀνεῳγμένων τῶν ὀμμάτων, οὐδὲν ὁρῶντα, οὔτε μὲν λόγου τὸ παράπαν, οὔτε τινὸς ἤχου ἀκούοντα· ἔνθα καὶ συμμιγεῖς ὀλοφυρμῶν ἅπαντες περιήχουν, οὗ τινος ὁ Σισίννιος παντάπασιν οὐκ ἠκροᾶτο.

VIII. Then therefore the blessed Clement, pouring forth tears, began to exhort those who were present together that with one accord they should ask of the Lord that He would grant both hearing and sight to her husband; boldly therefore the blessed Clement after the prayer went together with the woman to her husband, and found him, though his eyes were open, seeing nothing, and hearing neither speech at all, nor any sound; where also all mingled with lamentations were resounding around, to none of which Sisinnius was listening at all.

IX. Τότε οὖν, κλίνας τὰ γόνατα πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν, ἔφη ὁ μακάριος Κλήμης· Κύριε Ἰησοῦ Χριστὲ, ὁ τὰς κλεῖς τῆς βασιλείας τῶν οὐρανῶν δεδωκὼς τῷ ἀποστόλῳ σου, διδασκάλῳ δὲ ἐμῷ Πέτρῳ, καὶ εἰπών· Ἅπερ ἂν ἀνοίξῃς, ἠνέῳκται, καὶ ἅπερ κλείσῃς, κέκλεισται, σὺ πρόσταξον ἵνα διανοιχθῶσι τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ τούτῳ αἱ ἀκοαὶ, καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ, ὅτι σὺ εἶπας· Ἅπερ ἂν αἰτήσητε πιστεύοντες, λήψεσθε. Καὶ αὕτη σου ἡ ἐπαγγελία διαμένει εἰς αἰῶνα αἰώνων. Καὶ ἡνίκα πάντες ἀπεκρίνοντο, Ἀμὴν, διηνοίχθησαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ Σισιννίου καὶ αἱ ἀκοαί. Καὶ ἰδὼν τὸν ἅγιον Κλήμεντα σὺν τῇ ἑαυτοῦ ἱστάμενον γυναικὶ, ἐξέστη τῇ διανοίᾳ, λογιζόμενος τί ἄρα εἴη τοῦτο, καὶ ὑπονοῶν τοῦτο αὐτὸ γοητικαῖς τέχναις ἐμπεπαῖχθαι, ἤρξατο κράζειν τοῖς δούλοις αὐτοῦ· Κρατήσατε Κλήμεντα τὸν ἐπίσκοπον· διὰ γὰρ τοῦ εἰσελθεῖν πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκά μου, τῇ μαγικῇ αὐτοῦ τέχνῃ τὴν πήρωσίν μοι ἐπήγαγεν.

IX. Then therefore, having bowed his knees to God, the blessed Clement said: O Lord Jesus Christ, Who hast given the keys of the kingdom of heaven to Thine apostle, and my teacher, Peter, and hast said: Whatsoever you open, is opened, and whatsoever you shut, is shut (Matt. 16:19), do Thou command that the ears and the eyes be opened to this man, because Thou hast said: Whatsoever you shall ask believing, you shall receive (Matt. 21:22). And this Thy promise abides for ever and ever. And when all answered, Amen, the eyes of Sisinnius and his ears were opened. And seeing Saint Clement standing with his wife, he was beside himself in mind, reckoning what then this might be, and suspecting that in this very thing he had been mocked by magical arts, he began to cry out to his slaves: Seize Clement the bishop; for in order to come in to my wife, by his magical art he brought blindness upon me.

Editors' notes and page, col. 621

Footnotes

(a) ‹anchor: clausa sunt› · call in col 622

Matth. XVI, 19.

Matthew 16:19.

(printed under page 308)

(b) ‹anchor: dentes, accipietis› · call in col 622

Marc. XXI, 22.

Mark 21:22 [as printed; the saying is Matthew 21:22].

VARIAE LECTIONES (printed under page 308)

(100) ‹anchor: not visible on this page foot› · call in col 622

deest in al.

Missing in other copies.

(printed under page 308)

(1) ‹anchor: not visible on this page foot› · call in col 622

al. ἐκβαλεῖν.

Another reading: ἐκβαλεῖν ("to cast out").

(printed under page 308)

(2) ‹anchor: not visible on this page foot› · call in col 622

deest in al.

Missing in other copies.

(printed under page 308)

(3) ‹anchor: not visible on this page foot› · call in col 622

al. ἤκουσεν.

Another reading: ἤκουσεν ("he heard").

(printed under page 308)

(4) ‹anchor: not visible on this page foot› · call in col 622

al. ἔστησεν.

Another reading: ἔστησεν ("he set").

(printed under page 308)

(5) ‹anchor: not visible on this page foot› · call in col 622

deest in al.

Missing in other copies.

(printed under page 308)

(6) ‹anchor: not visible on this page foot› · call in col 622

deest in al.

Missing in other copies.

(printed under page 308)

(7) ‹anchor: not visible on this page foot› · call in col 622

al. διαμένειν.

Another reading: διαμένειν ("to remain").

(printed under page 308)

(8) ‹anchor: not visible on this page foot› · call in col 622

al. λέγουσα πάντα τὰ συμβάντα τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆς, καὶ ὅτι τυφλός ἐστι τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς καὶ κωφὸς τοῖς ὠσί. Ταῦτα ἀκούσας ὁ μακάριος.

Another reading: "telling all that had befallen her husband, and that he was blind in his eyes and deaf in his ears. Hearing this, the blessed man …"

(printed under page 308)

(9) ‹anchor: ἤρξατο› · call in col 622

al. προετρέψατο.

Another reading: προετρέψατο ("he urged").

(printed under page 308)

(10) ‹anchor: ἀνεῳγμένων τῶν› · call in col 622

al. αὐτῷ.

Another reading: αὐτῷ ("to him / his").

(printed under page 308)

(11) ‹anchor: ὀμμάτων, οὐδὲν› · call in col 622

al. μηδένα.

Another reading: μηδένα ("no one").

(printed under page 308)

(12) ‹anchor: συμμιγεῖς ὀλοφυρμῶν› · call in col 622

al. συμμιγῆ ὀλοφυρμόν.

Another reading: συμμιγῆ ὀλοφυρμόν ("a mingled lament").

(13-14) ‹anchor: ἀνθρώπῳ τούτῳ› · call in col 622 al. τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τούτου.

Another reading: τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τούτου ("of this man").

(15-16) ‹anchor: εἰς αἰῶνα αἰώνων› · call in col 622 al. αἰῶνος.

Another reading: αἰῶνος ("of the age").

(printed under page 308)

(17) ‹anchor: πάντες ἀπεκρίνοντο› · call in col 622

al. εἶπον τό.

Another reading: εἶπον τό ("said the").

(printed under page 308)

(18) ‹anchor: Ἀμήν, διηνοίχθησαν› · call in col 622

al. inser. εὐθέως.

Others insert εὐθέως ("at once").

(printed under page 308)

(19) ‹anchor: ἤρξατο κράζειν› · call in col 622

al. κελεύειν.

Another reading: κελεύειν ("to order").

(printed under page 308)

(20) ‹anchor: δούλοις αὐτοῦ› · call in col 622

al. αὐτοῦ, καὶ λέγειν.

Another reading: αὐτοῦ, καὶ λέγειν ("his, and to say").

(printed under page 308)

Footnotes

(a) ‹anchor: not visible on this page foot› · call in col 623

I Cor. VII, 14.

1 Corinthians 7:14.

VARIAE LECTIONES (printed under page 309)

(21) ‹anchor: not visible on this page foot› · call in col 623

al. κατασχεῖν.

Another reading: κατασχεῖν ("to seize").

(printed under page 309)

(22) ‹anchor: not visible on this page foot› · call in col 623

al. κατέχουσι καὶ ἕλκουσι.

Another reading: κατέχουσι καὶ ἕλκουσι ("they hold and drag").

(printed under page 309)

(23) ‹anchor: not visible on this page foot› · call in col 623

al. inser. ἰδών.

Others insert ἰδών ("seeing").

(printed under page 309)

(24) ‹anchor: not visible on this page foot› · call in col 623

al. τοῦ ἁγίου καυχώμενος.

Another reading: τοῦ ἁγίου καυχώμενος ("boasting of the saint").

(printed under page 309)

(25) ‹anchor: not visible on this page foot› · call in col 623

Exemplar 2124, εἰς τὸ αὐτοῦ ἐπισκοπεῖον ἀπίει. Ad episcopium suum abiit. Cot.

Copy 2124 [as printed]: εἰς τὸ αὐτοῦ ἐπισκοπεῖον ἀπίει, "he went off to his bishop's house." Cotelier.

(26-27) ‹anchor: καὶ παρεισέβην› · call in col 623 al. εἰσῆλθον.

Another reading: εἰσῆλθον ("I went in").

(printed under page 309)

(28) ‹anchor: τὰ τελούμενα› · call in col 623

al. τελούμενα μυστήρια.

Another reading: τελούμενα μυστήρια ("the mysteries being celebrated").

(printed under page 309)

(29) ‹anchor: καὶ τὴν ὅρασιν› · call in col 623

al. ὅρασιν καὶ ἀκοήν.

Another reading: ὅρασιν καὶ ἀκοήν ("sight and hearing").

(printed under page 309)

(30) ‹anchor: Νυνὶ δέ, ἐπειδὴ› · call in col 623

deest in al.

Missing in other copies.

(printed under page 309)

(31) ‹anchor: τὴν ἀλήθειαν γνῶναι› · call in col 623

al. ἐπιγνῶναι.

Another reading: ἐπιγνῶναι ("to recognize").

(printed under page 309)

(32) ‹anchor: καὶ στυλάρια› · call in col 623

al. στυλαρίους.

Another reading: στυλαρίους ("little pillars", masculine form).

(printed under page 309)

(33) ‹anchor: ἀνθέλκειν καταφαίνονται› · call in col 623

al. κατεφαίνοντο.

Another reading: κατεφαίνοντο ("they were seen").

(printed under page 309)

(34) ‹anchor: συμβίου ἐλαλήθη› · call in col 623

al. ἐδηλώθη ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς αὐτῆς.

Another reading: ἐδηλώθη ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς αὐτῆς ("was made known by her husband").

(printed under page 309)

(35) ‹anchor: μετὰ τιμῆς› · call in col 623

al. πολλῆς τιμῆς.

Another reading: πολλῆς τιμῆς ("with great honour").

(printed under page 309)

(36) ‹anchor: τῆς ψυχῆς› · call in col 623

al. ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ.

Another reading: ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ ("of his soul").

(printed under page 309)

(37) ‹anchor: Θεῷ, καὶ› · call in col 623

al. ἐξ ὅλης ψυχῆς.

Another reading: ἐξ ὅλης ψυχῆς ("with his whole soul").

(printed under page 309)

(38) ‹anchor: τοῖς γόνασι› · call in col 623

al. ποσί.

Another reading: ποσί ("feet").

(printed under page 309)

(39) ‹anchor: ἀληθινῷ Θεῷ› · call in col 623

al. Θεῷ τῷ ἀληθινῷ.

Another reading: Θεῷ τῷ ἀληθινῷ ("God, the true one").

(printed under page 309)

(40) ‹anchor: ἵνα ὄψωμαι› · call in col 623

al. ὄψωμαι αὐτόν.

Another reading: ὄψωμαι αὐτόν ("I may see him").

(printed under page 309)

(41) ‹anchor: δι' ἄγνοιαν κατεγέλων› · call in col 623

al. ἐν ᾗ τὴν ἀλήθειάν ποτε δι' ἄγνοιαν κατεγέλων, ἐν αὐτῇ ἀκούσας δέξωμαι· καὶ τοῦτο.

Another reading: "in which, the truth I once mocked through ignorance, having heard it, I may receive it; and this …"

(printed under page 309)

Page

running head: 623 APPENDIX AD S. CLEM
marginal letters: A X. Illi vero,; B tur ostendere. Flenti; C quae dicebantur, visum; D dit Deo, corroboratusque
old-edition numerals: (none)
other: facing Latin version, not set; running head cut off at right edge

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X. Ἐκεῖνοι δὲ, οἷς ἐκέλευσε τὸν Κλήμεντα κατασφίγγειν τε καὶ σύρειν, αὐτοὶ τοὺς κειμένους στύλους δεσμοῦντες εἷλκον· ποτὲ μὲν ἔνδοθεν εἰς τὰ ἔξω, ποτὲ δὲ ἐκ τῶν ἔξω εἰς τὰ ἔσω· τοῦτο δὲ καὶ αὐτῷ τῷ Σισιννίῳ ἐδόκει, ὅτι περ τὸν ἅγιον Κλήμεντα δεδεμένον εἷλκόν τε καὶ κατεῖχον. Πρὸς ὃν ὁ ἅγιος Κλήμης ἔφη· Ἡ σκληρότης τῆς καρδίας σου εἰς λίθους ἐτράπη· ἐπειδὴ γὰρ τοὺς λίθους δοξάζεις εἶναι θεοὺς, λίθους σύρειν κεκλήρωσαι.

X. But those whom he had commanded to bind fast and drag Clement, themselves binding the pillars that lay there, were pulling them, at one time indeed from within to the outside, and at another time from the outside to the inside; and this seemed so also to Sisinnius himself, that indeed they were both pulling and holding Saint Clement bound. To whom Saint Clement said: The hardness of your heart has been turned into stones; for since you suppose stones to be gods, you have been allotted to drag stones.

XI. Ἐκεῖνος δὲ, ὡς δῆθεν δεδεμένου κατακαυχώμενος, ἔλεγεν· Ἐγώ σε ποιῶ εἰς ὑπόδειγμα πάντων τῶν γοήτων ἀναιρεθῆναι. Τηνικαῦτα ὁ ἅγιος Κλήμης, δεδωκὼς εὐχὴν, καὶ εὐλογήσας τὴν ἐκείνου σύμβιον, ἀπῴχετο, τοῦτο ἐντειλάμενος αὐτῇ, μὴ παύσασθαι τὸ παράπαν τῆς προσευχῆς, μέχρις ἂν τὴν παρ' αὐτοῦ ἐπίσκεψιν ὁ Κύριος εἰς τὸν ἄνδρα αὐτῆς καταξιώσῃ ἀναδεῖξαι. Κλαιούσῃ τοίνυν καὶ εὐχομένῃ τῇ Θεοδώρᾳ, πρὸς ἑσπέραν ἐφάνη τις ἀνὴρ τῇ πολιᾷ αἰδέσιμος, καὶ εἶπε· Διὰ σὲ ὑγιὴς ἔσεται ὁ Σισίννιος· ὅπως πληρωθῇ ὅπερ ἔφη ὁ ἀδελφός μου Παῦλος ὁ ἀπόστολος· Ἁγιασθήσεται ὁ ἀνὴρ ὁ ἄπιστος διὰ τὴν γυναῖκα τὴν πιστήν. Καὶ ταῦτα εἰπὼν, ἐκ τῆς ὄψεως αὐτῆς ἀνεχώρησεν. Ὅθεν ἀναμφίβολον ὑπάρχει καὶ κατάδηλον τὸν μακάριον ἐκεῖσε Πέτρον τὸν ἀπόστολον φανῆναι.

XI. And he, boasting over him as though forsooth bound, said: I will cause you to be put to death as an example for all sorcerers. Then Saint Clement, having given a prayer, and having blessed his consort, departed, having enjoined this upon her, not to cease at all from prayer, until the Lord should vouchsafe to show forth the visitation from Himself upon her husband. To Theodora therefore weeping and praying, towards evening there appeared a certain man venerable with grey hair, and said: On account of you Sisinnius shall be whole; that there may be fulfilled what my brother Paul the apostle said: The unbelieving husband shall be sanctified through the believing wife (1 Cor. 7:14). And having said these things, he withdrew from her sight. Whence it is undoubted and manifest that the blessed Peter the apostle appeared there.

XII. Καὶ δὴ ἐξαυτῆς ἐκάλεσε πρὸς ἑαυτὸν ὁ Σισίννιος τὴν Θεοδώραν, καὶ λέγει αὐτῇ· Δέομαί σου ἵνα ἱκετεύσῃς τὸν Θεόν σου, τοῦ μὴ ὀργισθῆναί μοι. Σὲ γὰρ ζηλοτυπήσας, παρεγενόμην καὶ παρεισέβην κατόπιν σου εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν. Καὶ διὰ τὸ θέλειν με ὁρᾷν τὰ τελούμενα, καὶ ἀκροατὴν εἶναι τῶν λεγομένων, τήν τε ἀκοὴν ἅμα καὶ τὴν ὅρασιν ἀπώλεσα. Νυνὶ δὲ, ἐπειδὴ τοῦ ταῦτά με ἀνακτήσασθαι ἡ τοῦ Κλήμεντος ἀπειργάσατο παρουσία, δεήθητι αὐτοῦ ὅπως ἔλθῃ πρός με, καὶ ποιήσῃ με τὴν ἀλήθειαν γνῶναι. Ἐπεὶ καὶ ἐμοὶ καὶ τοῖς παισί μου ἀσφαλῶς ἐνομίζετο τὸν Κλήμεντα δεσμεύειν σὺν τοῖς αὐτοῦ κληρικοῖς, καὶ τοῦτον περισύρειν· ἀλλ' οὗτοι λίθους τε καὶ στυλάρια δεσμοῦντες, ἕλκειν τε καὶ ἀνθέλκειν καταφαίνονται.

XII. And indeed immediately Sisinnius called Theodora to himself, and says to her: I beg of you that you entreat your God not to be angry with me. For being jealous of you, I came and slipped in behind you into the church. And because of my wishing to see the things being celebrated, and to be a hearer of the things being spoken, I lost both hearing and sight together. But now, since the coming of Clement has wrought that I should recover these, beseech him that he come to me, and make me to know the truth. Since both to me and to my servants it was assuredly thought that they were binding Clement together with his clerics, and dragging him about; whereas they are clearly seen binding stones and small pillars, both pulling them and pulling them back.

XIII. Τηνικαῦτα ἡ Θεοδώρα, πορευθεῖσα, διηγήσατο πάντα ἅπερ εἶδε, καὶ ἅπερ ὑπὸ τοῦ αὐτῆς συμβίου ἐλαλήθη, τῷ ἁγίῳ Κλήμεντι. Παραγενόμενος οὖν ὁ ἅγιος πρὸς τὸν Σισίννιον, μετὰ τιμῆς ὑπεδέχθη. Παρ' οὗ ἀκηκοὼς ὅσαπερ πρὸς οἰκοδομὴν τῆς ψυχῆς συνέτεινεν, ἐπίστευσε τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ ἐστερεώθη· καὶ ἤρξατο τοῖς γόνασι τοῦ Κλήμεντος προσκυλινδεῖσθαι, καὶ βοᾷν·

XIII. Then Theodora, having gone, related all that she had seen, and what had been spoken by her consort, to Saint Clement. The saint therefore, having come to Sisinnius, was received with honour. Having heard from him all such things as tended to the edification of the soul, he believed in God, and was strengthened; and he began to roll himself at the knees of Clement, and to cry aloud:

XIV. Εὐχαριστῶ τῷ ἀληθινῷ Θεῷ καὶ παντοκράτορι, ὃς διὰ τοῦτό με τετύφλωκεν, ἵνα ὄψωμαι, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο τὴν ἀκοὴν ἀφείλετο, ἵν' ἐνωτίσωμαι τὴν ἀλήθειαν, ἧς ποτε δι' ἄγνοιαν κατεγέλων·

XIV. I give thanks to the true and almighty God, Who on this account blinded me, that I might see, and on this account took away my hearing, that I might give ear to the truth, which once through ignorance I derided;

Editors' notes and page, col. 624

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running head: DIX AD S. CLEMENTEM. 624
marginal letters: A X. Ἐκεῖνοι δὲ,; B παρ' αὐτοῦ ἐπίσκεψιν; C ὁρᾷν τὰ τελούμενα,; D ὑπεδέχθη. Παρ' οὗ
old-edition numerals: (none)
other: running head cut off at left edge
other: Variae lectiones 21 to 41 (called in this column's Greek) and scripture note a are printed under page 309 and set once in n623

PG 2:625

καὶ τοῦτο μὲν ἐνόμιζον ψευδὲς ὑπάρχειν, ὅπερ ἦν ἀληθὲς, ἐδόκουν δὲ τὸ ἔμπαλιν ἀληθὲς, ὃ ψευδὲς ἐτύγχανε· τὸ σκότος ἐνόμιζον φῶς, καὶ τὸ φῶς σκότος ὑπελάμβανον. Ἀλλ' ἐκαθαρίσθη ὁ νοῦς μου ἐκ τοῦ μολυσμοῦ τῆς εἰδωλομανίας. Ἀληθῶς γὰρ ἔγνων τοὺς δαίμονας ἐξαπατήσαντας τοὺς ἀνθρώπους· ὅπως τῶν μὴ πιστευόντων τὸν Χριστὸν εἶναι Θεὸν κυριεύσωσι πέτραι καὶ λίθοι, κωφοὶ καὶ ἄλαλοι, ὥσπερ κἀμοῦ ἐπεκράτησαν μέχρι τῆς δεῦρο. Ταῦτα καὶ τὰ παραπλήσια τοῦ Σισιννίου φάσκοντος, χαρὰ μεγάλη γέγονεν. Ἐπίστευσε γὰρ σὺν πάσῃ τῇ αὐτοῦ οἰκίᾳ· καὶ ἐπιδεδωκὼς τὸ οἰκεῖον ὄνομα, προσεγγίζοντος τοῦ Πάσχα, ἐβαπτίσθη· ἠριθμήθησαν δὲ οἱ βαπτισθέντες ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ ἅμα πάντες ἄνδρες τε καὶ γυναῖκες σὺν τοῖς νηπίοις τετρακόσιοι εἴκοσι τρεῖς. Διὰ τοῦτον δὲ τὸν Σισίννιον πολλοὶ τῶν περιφανῶν καὶ φίλων Νερούα τοῦ βασιλέως πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν ἐπεστράφησαν.

and that indeed I supposed to be false which was true, and on the contrary I thought that to be true which happened to be false; darkness I supposed to be light, and light I took to be darkness. But my mind has been cleansed from the defilement of idol-madness. For truly I have known that the demons deceived men; so that over those who do not believe Christ to be God, rocks and stones, deaf and dumb, might hold lordship, just as they prevailed over me also until now. As Sisinnius was saying these and the like things, there was great joy. For he believed together with all his household; and having given in his own name, as Pascha was drawing near, he was baptized; and those baptized from his house were numbered, all together both men and women with the infants, four hundred and twenty-three. And on account of this Sisinnius many of the illustrious men and friends of Nerva the emperor turned to God.

XV. Κατ' ἐκείνου δὲ τοῦ καιροῦ ὁ κόμης τῶν θείων ὀφφικίων Πούβλιος Ταρκουτιανὸς, ἑωρακὼς ἀναρίθμητον πληθὺν τῷ Χριστῷ πιστεύσασαν, προσεκαλέσατο τοὺς προστάτας τῶν ῥεγεώνων, ἐπιδεδωκὼς αὐτοῖς χρήματα, παρέσεισεν αὐτοὺς ἵνα κινήσωσι τάραχον τῷ Χριστιανῷ ὀνόματι.

XV. Now at that time the count of the sacred offices, Publius Tarquitianus, having seen an innumerable multitude believing in Christ, called to himself the prefects of the districts, having given them money, and instigated them that they should stir up a tumult against the Christian name.

XVI. Διοικοῦντος τοίνυν Μαμερτίνου τοῦ ἐπάρχου τοῦ πολιτικοῦ θρόνου, στάσις γέγονε τοῦ Ῥωμαίων δήμου ἐπ' ὀνόματι τοῦ Κλήμεντος· καὶ πρὸς ἀλλήλους συγχυθέντες, ἄλλοι μὲν ἔλεγον· Τί γὰρ κακὸν ἔπραξεν, ἢ τί τῶν καλῶν οὐ κατώρθωσεν; ὅστις γὰρ ἄῤῥωστος παρ' αὐτοῦ ἐπεσκέφθη, ἰάσεως ἔτυχεν· ὅστις πρὸς αὐτὸν λελυπημένος ἀπῆλθε, χαίρων ἀνεχώρησεν· οὐδένα ποτὲ ἔβλαψε, πάντας δὲ ὠφέλησεν. Ἄλλοι δὲ πνεύματι διαβολικῷ ἐκκαυθέντες, ἔκραζον· Γοητικαῖς τέχναις ταῦτα ποιῶν, τῶν θεῶν ἡμῶν τὴν λατρείαν ἀνατρέπει· τὸν Δία λέγει θεὸν μὴ εἶναι. Ἡρακλέα δὲ τὸν ἡμέτερον φύλακα, ἀκάθαρτον εἶναι λέγει πνεῦμα· Ἀφροδίτην τὴν ὁσίαν θεὰν, πόρνην γεγονέναι ὑποτίθεται· Ἑστίαν δὲ τὴν μεγάλην θεὰν πυρὶ κατηναλῶσθαι βλασφημεῖ. Ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ τὴν εὐαγεστάτην θεὰν Ἀθηνᾶν, Ἄρτεμίν τε καὶ Ἑρμῆν, ἅμα τε καὶ τὸν Κρόνον, καὶ τὸν Ἄρεα διαβάλλει. Πάντα τε τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν ἡμετέρων θεῶν, καὶ τοὺς ναοὺς καθυβρίζει. Ἢ θύσει τοῖς θεοῖς ἡμῶν, ἢ αὐτὸς ἐξαλειφθείη.

XVI. While Mamertinus the prefect of the civil throne, therefore, was administering affairs, a sedition of the people of the Romans took place over the name of Clement; and being thrown into confusion against one another, some indeed said: Why, what evil has he done, or what good thing has he not accomplished? For whatever sick man was visited by him obtained healing; whoever went off to him grieving withdrew rejoicing; he never harmed anyone, and benefited all. But others, inflamed by a diabolical spirit, cried out: Doing these things by magical arts, he overturns the worship of our gods; Zeus he says is not a god. And Heracles our guardian he says is an unclean spirit; Aphrodite the holy goddess he alleges to have been a harlot; and Hestia the great goddess he blasphemes as having been consumed by fire. And in like manner also he slanders the most pure goddess Athena, both Artemis and Hermes, and together also Cronus and Ares. And he insults all the names of our gods, and their temples. Either he shall sacrifice to our gods, or let him be blotted out.

XVII. Τότε Μαμερτῖνος ὁ τῆς πόλεως ἔπαρχος, μὴ φέρων τοῦ δήμου τὴν στάσιν, ἐκέλευσε πρὸς ἑαυτὸν ἀναχθῆναι τὸν μακαριώτατον Κλήμεντα· ὅνπερ θεασάμενος, ἤρξατο λέγειν· Ἐξ εὐγενοῦς μὲν ῥίζης προελήλυθας· ὅπερ ἡμῖν ἡ τῶν Ῥωμαίων πληθὺς προσμαρτυρεῖ· ἀλλὰ πλάνην ὑπέστης· καὶ διὰ τοῦτο οὐ φέρουσιν· ἐπειδὴ οὐκ οἶδα τίνα Χριστὸν σέβῃ, καὶ ἐναντία τῶν ἐν τοῖς ναοῖς

XVII. Then Mamertinus the prefect of the city, not bearing the sedition of the people, commanded the most blessed Clement to be brought up to himself; and having beheld him, he began to say: You have come forth indeed from a noble root, to which the multitude of the Romans bears witness for us; but you have undergone error, and on this account they do not bear it, since you worship I know not what Christ, and you accept things contrary to those in the temples

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al. ἐπέγνων.

Another reading: ἐπέγνων ("I recognized").

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al. ἐξαπατῶντας.

Another reading: ἐξαπατῶντας ("deceiving").

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al. inser. τούτοις.

Others insert τούτοις ("to these").

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al. προσεγγίσαντος.

Another reading: προσεγγίσαντος ("having drawn near").

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al. ἐβαπτίσθη αὐτὸς καὶ πάντες οἱ ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ, ἡρ. δ. ο. βάπτ. ἄνδρες.

Another reading: "he was baptized, he and all those in his house; [abbreviated as printed: ἡρ. δ. ο. βαπτ.] men …" (the abbreviated words cannot be expanded with certainty; probably the number of the baptized men).

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al. ἐπίστευσαν καὶ πρός.

Another reading: ἐπίστευσαν καὶ πρός ("they believed, and to").

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Κατ' ἐκεῖνον δὲ τοῦ καιροῦ. Hinc incipitur apud Surium, Novembris XXIII. Cot.

Κατ' ἐκεῖνον δὲ τοῦ καιροῦ ("at that time"): here the text begins in Surius, under 23 November. Cotelier.

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deest in al.

Missing in other copies.

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al. καὶ δεδωκώς.

Another reading: καὶ δεδωκώς ("and having given").

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al. ἔπεισεν· f. παρέπεισεν.

Another reading: ἔπεισεν ("persuaded"); perhaps παρέπεισεν ("won over").

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al. Χριστιανικῷ.

Another reading: Χριστιανικῷ ("Christian", adjectival form).

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(53) ‹anchor: πολιτικοῦ θρόνου› · call in col 626

ὑπάρχου τὸν πολιτικὸν θρόνον.

ὑπάρχου τὸν πολιτικὸν θρόνον ("[while Mamertinus] held the city's seat as prefect").

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al. ἄλλος ἄλλο κατ' αὐτοῦ ἔλεγον· τινὲς δὲ ἀντέλεγον· Τί γάρ.

Another reading: "they said, one one thing and another another, against him; but some spoke against them: For what …"

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al. λυπούμενος.

Another reading: λυπούμενος ("grieving").

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deest in al.

Missing in other copies.

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deest in al.

Missing in other copies.

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al. ἀχθῆναι.

Another reading: ἀχθῆναι ("to be brought").

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al. μαρτυρεῖ.

Another reading: μαρτυρεῖ ("bears witness").

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al. φέρουσιν σιωπῆν.

Another reading: φέρουσιν σιωπῆν ("[do not] bear to keep silent").

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desunt in al.

These words are missing in other copies.

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al. ἐξ ἔθους ἡμῖν.

Another reading: ἐξ ἔθους ἡμῖν ("by custom for us").

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deest in al.

Missing in other copies.

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Ἀσφαλές. ms. 2421 ἀφελές. Cot.

Ἀσφαλές ("safe"): MS 2421 has ἀφελές ("simple"). Cotelier.

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al. Μαμερτῖνος ὁ ἔπαρχος.

Another reading: Μαμερτῖνος ὁ ἔπαρχος ("Mamertinus the prefect").

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deest in al.

Missing in other copies.

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ibidem, συνελθεῖν, θύοντα, etc., ἐρήμῳ πόλει παρακειμένῃ τῇ Χερσῶνι. Itaque in Actis Latinis praeferenda est lectio, ultra mare et Pontum, communiori, ultra mare Pontum, pro quo Freculfus, trans mare Ponticum, quamvis aliter videatur Baronio. Vocem autem πόλει (quae abest ab altero ms. 2347) jungunt cum voce ἐρήμῳ etiam Metaphrastes, Nicephorus, et Menaea : cum voce Χερσῶνι Acta Latina, quique ea sequuntur Beda, Ado, Freculfus. Ibid.

In the same place: συνελθεῖν, θύοντα, etc., ἐρήμῳ πόλει παρακειμένῃ τῇ Χερσῶνι ("to agree by sacrificing, etc., to a desert city lying near Cherson"). So in the Latin Acts the reading "beyond the sea and the Pontus" is to be preferred to the commoner "beyond the Pontic sea", for which Freculf has "across the Pontic sea", although Baronius takes a different view. The word πόλει ("city") (which is missing from the other MS, 2347) is joined to ἐρήμῳ ("desert") by Metaphrastes, Nicephorus and the Menaea as well; to Χερσῶνι ("Cherson") by the Latin Acts and those who follow them, Bede, Ado, Freculf. The same.

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al. τὸ τοῦ βασιλέως Τραϊανοῦ κέλευσμα ἐπεκυρώθη, ἐσκέπτετο Μαμερτῖνος.

Another reading: "the command of the emperor Trajan was confirmed, Mamertinus considered."

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al. προσάξῃ.

Another reading: προσάξῃ ("bring").

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al. ὕπαρχον.

Another reading: ὕπαρχον ("prefect", variant form).

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al. πρὸς τὴν χρείαν ἀναγκαῖα.

Another reading: πρὸς τὴν χρείαν ἀναγκαῖα ("things necessary for the need").

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desunt in al.

These words are missing in other copies.

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deest in al.

Missing in other copies.

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al. κατέλαβε.

Another reading: κατέλαβε ("he reached").

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al. εὗρεν αὐτόθι.

Another reading: εὗρεν αὐτόθι ("he found there").

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Μακροχρονίῳ γραφῇ καταδικασθέντας, 2421 μακροχρόνιοι σχῶντας (sic) ὑπερορίαν, et paulo post, παραγενέσθαι ἠξίωσεν pro ἀπεκατέστησεν. Ibid.

Μακροχρονίῳ γραφῇ καταδικασθέντας ("condemned by a long-standing sentence"): 2421 has μακροχρόνιοι σχῶντας (sic) ὑπερορίαν ("long-time, having [had] exile"), and a little after, παραγενέσθαι ἠξίωσεν ("he deigned to be present") for ἀπεκατέστησεν ("he restored"). The same.

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deest in al.

Missing in other copies.

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μετὰ στεναγμῶν καὶ ὀδυρμῶν.

μετὰ στεναγμῶν καὶ ὀδυρμῶν ("with groans and laments").

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running head: 627 APPENDIX AD S. CLE
marginal letters: A superstitionem, colasque deos; B XVIII. Tunc Publius; C mens contendebat ut; D pum Clementem intuiti,
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τῶν θεῶν ἀποδέχῃ. Διὸ ἀποθέσθαι σε δεῖ πᾶσαν τὴν περιττὴν δεισιδαιμονίαν, καὶ τοῖς ἐξαισίοις θεοῖς λατρεύειν. Τότε ὁ μακάριος Κλήμης ἔφη· Ηὐχόμην τὴν τῆς σῆς ὑπεροχῆς φρόνησιν προσανέχειν μου τῇ ἀπολογίᾳ, καὶ μὴ διὰ στάσιν τῶν ἀπαιδεύτων, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸν ἐμὸν λόγον γράψασθαί με. Ἐπεὶ, ἐὰν κύνες ἡμᾶς πολλοὶ περιυλάξωσι καὶ κατασχίσωσι, μὴ δύνανται ἀφελέσθαι καὶ τὸ εἶναι ἡμᾶς μὲν λογικοὺς ἀνθρώπους, ἐκείνους δὲ κύνας ἀλογίστως καθυλακτοῦντας. Καὶ γὰρ ἡ στάσις ἀεὶ παρὰ ἀπαιδεύτων προερχομένη διαδείκνυται, ὥστε μηδὲν ἀσφαλὲς ἔχειν, μήτε μὴν ἀληθές. Ὅθεν σιγῆς ζητείσθω πρόφασις, ἐν ᾗ ὑπὲρ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ σωτηρίας ὁ λογικὸς ἄνθρωπος, καὶ καθ' ἑαυτὸν βουλεύεσθαι καὶ διαλέγεσθαι ἀπάρξηται, ἵνα τὸν ἀληθῆ Θεὸν εὕροι, ᾧ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ πίστιν σεμνοπρεπῶς παράθοι.

of the gods. Wherefore you must lay aside all superfluous superstition, and worship the eminent gods. Then the blessed Clement said: I could wish the prudence of your excellency to attend to my defence, and not on account of a sedition of the unlearned, but on account of my teaching to indict me. Since, if many dogs bark around us and tear us, they cannot take away also our being rational men, and their being dogs senselessly barking against us. For indeed sedition is always shown to proceed from the unlearned, so as to have nothing safe, nor yet true. Whence let an occasion of silence be sought, in which on behalf of his own salvation the rational man may begin both to take counsel with himself and to discuss, in order that he may find the true God, to Whom he may worthily commend his own faith.

XVIII. Τότε Πούβλιος ὁ Ταρκουτιανὸς, ἀποστείλας ἀναφορὰν Τραϊανῷ τῷ αὐτοκράτορι, ἀνήγαγε περὶ τοῦ ὀνόματος τοῦ μακαρίου Κλήμεντος, φάσκων· Τοῦτον τὸν Κλήμεντα στασιώδεσι κραυγαῖς ζητῶν ὁ δῆμος οὐ παύεται· καὶ ἀξιόπιστος ἀπόδειξις εἰς τὰ κατ' αὐτὸν εὑρεθῆναι οὐ δύναται. Τηνικαῦτα Τραϊανὸς ὁ αὐτοκράτωρ ἀντέγραψε, δέον αὐτὸν ἢ συναινεῖν θύοντα, ἢ πέραν τῆς θαλάσσης καὶ τοῦ Πόντου ἐν ἐρήμῳ παρακειμένῃ τῇ Χερσῶνι πόλει ἐξορισθῆναι.

XVIII. Then Publius Tarquitianus, having sent a report to Trajan the emperor, referred the matter concerning the name of the blessed Clement, saying: This Clement the people does not cease seeking with seditious cries; and a trustworthy proof regarding the charges against him cannot be found. Then Trajan the emperor wrote back in reply that he must either consent and sacrifice, or be banished beyond the sea and the Pontus to a desert city lying beside Cherson.

XIX. Καὶ ὁπότε τῷ τοῦ Τραϊανοῦ κελεύσματι ἐπεκυρώθη, συνεσκέπτετο ὁ Μαμερτῖνος, ὅπως ὁ Κλήμης ἑκούσιον ὑπερορίαν μὴ αἰτήσηται, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον τοῖς θεοῖς σπονδὰς ἐμπαρέξῃ. Ἀλλ' ὁ μακάριος Κλήμης ἠγωνίζετο καὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ δικαστοῦ τὸν λογισμὸν εἰς τὴν πίστιν τοῦ Χριστοῦ μεταγαγεῖν, καὶ ἑαυτὸν ἀποδεῖξαι προαιρεῖσθαι μᾶλλον τὴν ὑπερορίαν, ἢ δεδίττεσθαι. Τοσαύτην τοίνυν ὁ Κύριος χάριν τῷ Κλήμεντι παρέσχετο, ὥστε κατοδύρεσθαι Μαμερτῖνον τὸν ἔπαρχον, καὶ λέγειν· Ὁ Θεὸς ᾧ σὺ εἰλικρινῶς λατρεύεις, αὐτός σοι βοηθήσει ἐν ταύτῃ γραφῇ τῆς ὑπερορίας· καὶ ἠφώρισεν ναῦν, καὶ πάντα τὰ ἀναγκαῖα ἐπιβαλὼν, ἀπέλυσεν. Ἐφορτώθη δὲ ἡ ναῦς. Οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ εὐλαβεῖς ἄνδρες, καὶ πολλοὶ ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ.

XIX. And when it had been ratified by the command of Trajan, Mamertinus considered how Clement might not ask for voluntary banishment, but rather offer libations to the gods. But the blessed Clement struggled to bring over the mind of the judge himself also to the faith of Christ, and to show that he himself chose banishment rather than to be frightened. So great grace therefore did the Lord grant to Clement, that Mamertinus the prefect bewailed, and said: The God Whom you sincerely worship, He Himself will help you in this sentence of banishment; and he set apart a ship, and having put on board all things necessary, sent him away. And the ship was laden. Nay more, devout men also from the people, and many, followed him.

XX. Ἡνίκα δὲ κατέλαβον τὸν τόπον τῆς ὑπερορίας, ἐν τῇ ἐργασίᾳ τῆς τῶν μαρμάρων λατομίας, περαιτέρω δύο χιλιάδων Χριστιανοὺς αὐτόθι κατέλαβε, μακροχρονίῳ γραφῇ καταδικασθέντας. Οἵτινες, ἑωρακότες τὸν ἅγιον καὶ ἀοίδιμον Κλήμεντα ἐπίσκοπον, ἅπαντες ὁμοθυμαδὸν εἰς στεναγμὸν καὶ ὀδυρμὸν προσελθόντες ἔλεγον· Εὖξαι ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν,

XX. And when they reached the place of banishment, in the labour of the quarry of marbles, he found there more than two thousand Christians, condemned by a long-standing sentence. And they, having seen the holy and renowned bishop Clement, all with one accord coming forward into groaning and lamentation said: Pray for us,

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ὅσιε ἱεράρχα, ἵνα ἄξιοι ἀποδειχθῶμεν τῆς παρὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐπαγγελίας. Οὓς ἐγνωκὼς ὁ ἅγιος Κλήμης διὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ ὑπερορισθέντας, ἔφη· Οὐκ ἀπροσφόρως ὁ Κύριός με ἐνταῦθα ἀπεκατέστησεν, ἵνα συμμέτοχος γενόμενος τῶν παθημάτων ὑμῶν, ἔτι παρηγορίας ὑποτύπωσιν καὶ ὑπομονῆς ἐμπαρέξω.

O holy hierarch, that we may be shown worthy of the promise from Christ. And Saint Clement, having known that they had been banished on account of God, said: Not unfittingly did the Lord restore me hither, that becoming a partaker together of your sufferings, I may further supply a pattern of consolation and endurance.

XXI. Ἔμαθε δὲ παρ' αὐτῶν, ὅτι ἀπὸ ἓξ μιλίων τὸ ὕδωρ ἐπὶ τῶν ἰδίων ὤμων ἐκόμιζον. Αὐτίκα οὖν ὁ ἅγιος Κλήμης προετρέψατο αὐτοὺς, λέγων· Εὐξώμεθα τὸν Κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν, ἵνα τοῖς ὁμολογηταῖς τῆς αὐτοῦ πίστεως νομὴν ὕδατος διανοίξῃ· καὶ ὁ πατάξας τὴν πέτραν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τοῦ Σινᾶ, καὶ ἐῤῥύησαν ὕδατα εἰς πλησμονὴν, αὐτὸς ἡμῖν τὸ ἄφθονον νᾶμα παράσχοι, ὅπως τῇ αὐτοῦ χορηγίᾳ εὐφρανθῶμεν. Καὶ δὴ τῆς ἱκεσίας πληρωθείσης, ἔνθεν κἀκεῖθεν περιεβλέψατο· καὶ εἶδεν ἀμνὸν ἱστάμενον, ὃς τὸν δεξιὸν πόδα ἐκούφισεν, οἷα τὸν τόπον τῷ ἁγίῳ Κλήμεντι ὑποδεικνύς. Τότε ὁ ἅγιος Κλήμης, συννοήσας τὸν Κύριον εἶναι, ὃν μόνος αὐτὸς τεθέατο καὶ ἕτερος παντελῶς οὐδεὶς, ἐπορεύθη πρὸς τὸν τόπον, καὶ εἶπεν· Ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καῖ τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος κρούσατε ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ. Καὶ ἐπειδὴ πάντες ἐν κύκλῳ τοῖς σκαπανίοις ἔσκαψαν, καὶ οὐκ αὐτὸν τὸν τόπον ἐν ᾧ ὁ ἀμνὸς ἔστη, λαβὼν μικρὸν σκαλίδιον ὁ ἅγιος, ἐλαφρῷ κρούσματι τὸν τόπον τὸν ὑπὸ τὸν πόδα τοῦ ἀμνοῦ, ἔτυψεν· ὅθεν παραχρῆμα πηγὴ ὑπερβλυούσαις ταῖς φλεψὶν εὐπρεπεστάτη ἀνεφάνη· ἥτις, σὺν ὁρμῇ ἐκχυθεῖσα, ποταμὸν ἀπετέλεσε. Τηνικαῦτα ὁ ἅγιος πάντων ἀγαλλιωμένων, ὑπακουστικὸν εἶπε· Τοῦ ποταμοῦ τὰ ὁρμήματα εὐφραίνουσι τὴν πόλιν τοῦ Θεοῦ.

XXI. Now he learned from them that they carried their water upon their own shoulders from six miles away. Straightway therefore Saint Clement exhorted them, saying: Let us pray to our Lord Jesus Christ, that He may open a supply of water for the confessors of His faith; and may He Who struck the rock in the wilderness of Sinai, and waters flowed in abundance (Exod. 17:6; Ps. 77:20), Himself grant to us the ungrudging stream, that we may be gladdened by His provision. And indeed when the supplication had been fulfilled, he looked around on this side and on that; and he saw a lamb standing, which lifted up its right foot, as though pointing out the place to Saint Clement. Then Saint Clement, perceiving that it was the Lord, Whom he himself alone beheld and no other at all, went to the place, and said: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, strike in this place. And since all dug in a circle with their mattocks, and not the very place in which the lamb stood, the saint, taking a small hoe, with a light blow struck the place under the foot of the lamb; whence immediately a most comely spring with overflowing veins appeared; which, pouring forth with a rush, formed a river. Then the saint, while all were rejoicing, said as a responsory: The streams of the river make glad the city of God (Ps. 45:5).

XXII. Διὰ ταύτην οὖν τὴν φήμην, προσέδραμε πᾶσα ἡ ἐπαρχία· καὶ οἱ ἐληλυθότες ἅπαντες πρὸς τὴν διδαχὴν τοῦ ἁγίου Κλήμεντος ἐπιστρέφοντες πρὸς τὸν Κύριον· ὥστε καθ' ἡμέραν πεντακόσιοι καὶ περαιτέρω βαπτιζόμενοι ἀνεχώρουν. Ἐντὸς δὲ ἑνὸς ἔτους, γεγόνασιν ἐκεῖσε παρὰ τῶν πιστῶν ἑβδομηκονταπέντε ἐκκλησίαι, καὶ πάντα τὰ εἴδωλα κατεθρύβησαν, πάντες οἱ ναοὶ τῆς περιχώρου καθῃρέθησαν, πάντα τὰ ἄλση ἐπὶ τριακόσια μίλια διόλου ἐν κύκλῳ κατεκόπησαν καὶ κατεστρώθησαν.

XXII. On account of this report, therefore, the whole province ran to him; and all who came, turning at the teaching of Saint Clement to the Lord, were baptized so that daily five hundred and more withdrew baptized. And within one year, seventy-five churches were built there by the faithful, and all the idols were shattered, all the temples of the surrounding country were pulled down, and all the groves for three hundred miles altogether in a circle were cut down and laid low.

XXIII. Τηνικαῦτα ἐπίφθονον διήγημα διέδραμε πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα Τραϊανὸν, ὡς αὐτόθι πρὸς ἀναρίθμητον πλῆθος ὁ τῶν Χριστιανῶν ἐπηυξήθη λαός· καὶ ἀπεστάλη Αὐφιδιανὸς ὁ ἡγεμών· ὅστις, πλείστους τῶν Χριστιανῶν διαφόροις βασάνοις ἀνελὼν, ὁρῶν τε τοὺς πάντας τῷ μαρτυρίῳ μετὰ χαρᾶς προσερχομένους, παρεχώρησεν τῷ πλήθει, μόνον τὸν ἅγιον Κλήμεντα ἐπὶ τὸ θύειν βιαζόμενος. Καὶ βλέπων οὕτως ἱδρυμένον ἐν Κυρίῳ, καὶ τὸ καθόλου μετατεθῆναι οὐχ οἷόν τε, λέγει τοῖς ἰδίοις· Ἀπαχθήτω

XXIII. Then an envious report ran through to the emperor Trajan, that there the people of the Christians had increased to an innumerable multitude; and Aufidianus the governor was sent; who, having put to death very many of the Christians by diverse tortures, and seeing all approaching martyrdom with joy, gave way to the multitude, forcing Saint Clement alone to sacrifice. And seeing him thus established in the Lord, and that it was not at all possible for him to be moved from his purpose, he says to his men: Let him be led away

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Exod. XVII.

Exodus 17.

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(b) ‹anchor: civitatem Dei› · call in col 630

Psal. XLV, 5.

Psalm 45 (46):5.

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al. ἑωρακώς.

Another reading: ἑωρακώς ("having seen").

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al. τὸν Θεόν.

Another reading: τὸν Θεόν ("God").

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al. ἀλλ' ἵνα.

Another reading: ἀλλ' ἵνα ("but so that").

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al. πρὸς τόν.

Another reading: πρὸς τόν ("to the").

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al. γῇ.

Another reading: γῇ ("earth").

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al. ἴδεν.

Another reading: ἴδεν ("he saw").

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al. ἑστῶτα.

Another reading: ἑστῶτα ("standing").

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al. ἐννοήσας.

Another reading: ἐννοήσας ("having perceived").

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al. ἐθεάσατο.

Another reading: ἐθεάσατο ("he beheld").

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(88) ‹anchor: ἐλαφρῷ χρούσματι› · call in col 630

idem, χρούματι. Cot.

The same [sense], χρούματι ("stroke", variant form). Cotelier.

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(89) ‹anchor: ἀμνοῦ, ἔτυψεν› · call in col 630

al. ἔκρουσεν.

Another reading: ἔκρουσεν ("he struck").

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al. ὑπερβλυζούσαις.

Another reading: ὑπερβλυζούσαις ("gushing over", variant form).

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(91) ‹anchor: πάντων ἀγαλλιωμένων› · call in col 630

deest in al.

Missing in other copies.

(92-93) ‹anchor: Κλήμεντος ἐπιστρέφοντες› · call in col 630 al. ἐπέστρεφον.

Another reading: ἐπέστρεφον ("they turned").

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al. inser. οὖν.

Others insert οὖν ("then").

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al. inser. παρ' αὐτοῦ.

Others insert παρ' αὐτοῦ ("by him").

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al. ἀνεῖλεν.

Another reading: ἀνεῖλεν ("he killed").

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al. δέ.

Another reading: δέ ("and/but").

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(98) ‹anchor: ἐπὶ τὸ θύειν› · call in col 630

al. ἐπιθύειν.

Another reading: ἐπιθύειν ("to sacrifice").

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deest in al.

Missing in other copies.

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(100) ‹anchor: οὐχ οἷόν τε› · call in col 630

al. μὴ βουλόμενον.

Another reading: μὴ βουλόμενον ("unwilling").

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Vide n. 5, proxime seq.

See note 5, immediately following.

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running head: TYRIUM S. CLEMENTIS. 630
marginal letters: A sione Christi. Quos; B vero completa supplicatione,; C impetus laetificant civitatem; D rum. Et missus
old-edition numerals: (none)
other: facing Latin version, not set; last two lines of Greek of cap. XXI (Τηνικαῦτα ὁ ἅγιος... τοῦ Θεοῦ.) set full-width across cols 629-630 and transcribed in col 629; running head cut off at left edge

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δὲ εἰς μέσον τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ δεσμήσατε πρὸς τὸν αὐχένα αὐτοῦ ἄγκυραν, καὶ κάτω κείσθω, ὅπως μὴ δυνηθεῖεν οἱ Χριστιανοὶ ἀντὶ θεοῦ αὐτὸν σέβεσθαι.

into the midst of the sea, and bind an anchor to his neck, and let him lie below, that the Christians may not be able to worship him instead of a god.

XXIV. Τούτου οὖν γενομένου, ἅπαν τὸ πλῆθος τῶν Χριστιανῶν ἐν τῷ αἰγιαλῷ παρέστη καὶ ὠδύρετο. Καὶ ἐπὶ τούτοις εἶπον Κορνήλιος καὶ Φοῖβος οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ· Πάντες ὁμοθυμαδὸν εὐξώμεθα, ἵνα δείξῃ ἡμῖν ὁ Κύριος τοῦ μάρτυρος αὐτοῦ τὰ λείψανα. Εὐχομένου τοίνυν τοῦ λαοῦ, ὑπεχώρησεν ἡ θάλασσα εἰς τὸν ἴδιον κόλπον ἐπὶ τρία σχεδὸν μίλια· καὶ εἰσελθόντες διὰ ξηρᾶς οἱ λαοὶ, εὗρον ἐν σχήματι ναοῦ μαρμαρίνου οἴκημα παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ εὐτρεπισμένον καὶ αὐτόθι ἐν σορῷ λιθίνῃ ἐτέθη τὸ σῶμα τοῦ ἁγίου Κλήμεντος μαθητοῦ Πέτρου τοῦ ἀποστόλου, ὥστε τὴν ἄγκυραν μεθ' ἧς κατεβλήθη πλησίον αὐτοῦ κεῖσθαι.

XXIV. When this therefore had been done, the whole multitude of the Christians stood by upon the shore and lamented. And thereupon Cornelius and Phoebus his disciples said: Let us all with one accord pray, that the Lord may show to us the relics of His martyr. As the people therefore prayed, the sea withdrew into its own bosom for nearly three miles; and the peoples having entered through dry land, found in the form of a marble temple a dwelling prepared by God, and there in a stone coffin had been laid the body of Saint Clement, the disciple of Peter the apostle, so that the anchor with which he had been cast down lay near him.

XXV. Ἀπεκαλύφθη τοιγαροῦν τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ, τοῦ μὴ λαβεῖν αὐτόν· οἷς καὶ τοῦτο ἐχρηματίσθη, ὅτι ἑκάστῳ χρόνῳ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῆς ἀθλήσεως αὐτοῦ ὑποχωρήσει ἡ θάλασσα ἐπὶ ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας, τοῖς ἐρχομένοις ξηρὰν πορείαν ποιουμένη· ὅπερ εἰς αἶνον τοῦ ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ εὐδόκησεν ὁ Κύριος γενέσθαι μέχρι τῆς σήμερον ἡμέρας. Τούτου δὲ γεγονότος, πάντα τὰ κύκλωθεν ἔθνη ἐπίστευσαν τῷ Χριστῷ. Ἔνθα οὐδεὶς Ἕλλην, οὐδεὶς Ἑβραῖος, οὐδεὶς τὸ παράπαν εὑρίσκεται αἱρετικός. Καὶ γίνονται ἐκεῖσε πλεῖσται εὐεργεσίαι, τυφλοὶ φωτίζονται ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ αὐτοῦ, δαίμονες ἀπελαύνονται, πάντες οἱ νοσοῦντες θεραπεύονται· καὶ διαμένει αὐτοῦ ὁ ἔπαινος εἰς ἀεὶ, διὰ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ· δι' οὗ καὶ μεθ' οὗ τῷ Θεῷ καὶ Πατρὶ ἡ δόξα σὺν τῷ παναγίῳ, ἀχράντῳ καὶ ζωοποιῷ αὐτοῦ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

XXV. It was revealed accordingly to his disciples not to take him away; to whom this also was divinely communicated, that every year on the day of his martyrdom the sea shall withdraw for seven days, making a dry way for those who come; which to the praise of His name the Lord was well-pleased should come to pass until the present day. And when this had come to pass, all the nations round about believed in Christ. Where no Greek, no Hebrew, no heretic at all is found. And very many benefits take place there: the blind are enlightened at his feast, demons are driven away, all the sick are healed; and his praise abides for ever, through our Lord Jesus Christ; through Whom and with Whom to God even the Father be glory together with His all-holy, spotless, and life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of the ages. Amen.

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Footnotes

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Footnotes

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f. τῆς θαλάσσης.

Perhaps τῆς θαλάσσης ("of the sea").

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Alii duo codices : λέγει τοῖς δημίοις· λαβόντες ἀπαγάγετε αὐτὸν μέσον τῆς θαλάσσης, καὶ δήσατε πρὸς τὸν αὐχένα αὐτοῦ ἄγκυραν σιδηρᾶν, καὶ ῥίψατε αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ βυθῷ κάτω. Ait lictoribus : Accipientes abducite eum in medium maris, et ligate ad collum ejus anchoram ferream, atque dejicite illum in imum pelagi. Cot.

Two other codices: "He says to the executioners: Take him and lead him away into the middle of the sea, and tie an iron anchor to his neck, and throw him down into the deep." [Latin rendering:] "He says to the lictors: Take him and lead him off into the middle of the sea, and tie an iron anchor to his neck, and cast him into the depth of the ocean." Cotelier.

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al. ἀνελέσθαι τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀντί.

Another reading: ἀνελέσθαι τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀντί ("to take up his body, and instead").

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al. αὐτόθι κείμενον σῶμα τοῦ ἁγίου μάρτυρος Κλ. καὶ τὴν ἄγκυραν μεθ' ἧς ἐρρίφη πλησίον αὐτοῦ κειμένην.

Another reading: "the body of the holy martyr Cl[ement] lying there, and the anchor with which he was thrown lying near him."

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al. ἐκβάλαι τὸ λείψανον ἐκ τοῦ τόπου.

Another reading: ἐκβάλαι τὸ λείψανον ἐκ τοῦ τόπου ("to cast the relic out of the place").

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al. ὡς ὅτι.

Another reading: ὡς ὅτι ("as that").

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al. γίνονται γάρ.

Another reading: γίνονται γάρ ("for there occur").

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Longe plura ex aliis mss. ῥιγῶντες ὑγιαίνουσιν, οἱ τοῖς νεφροῖς ἐταζόμενοι καὶ λιθιῶντες, μόνῃ τῇ τοῦ λειψάνου αὐτοῦ προσψαύσει, καὶ ὕδατος ἁγιασθέντος ῥαντισμῷ καὶ πόσει, τοῦ νοσήματος ἀπολύονται, ἀλγυνόμενοί τε νόσῳ οἱᾳδήποτε, πρὸς τὴν τοῦ ἱερομάρτυρος καταφεύγοντες βοήθειαν, ἰάσεως ἀπολαύουσι· καὶ διαμένει ἡ δόξα αὐτοῦ καὶ ὁ ἔπαινος εἰς ἀεί. Febrientes sanantur ; renibus et calculo laborantes, per solum corporis ipsius contactum, et sanctificatae aquae aspersionem ac potum, a morbo liberantur ; tum qui qualicunque affliguntur languore, ad sacri martyris confugientes auxilium, consequuntur medelam : atque permanet gloria ejus et laus in perpetuum. Cot.

Much more from other manuscripts: "Those shivering with fever are made well; those tormented in the kidneys and suffering from the stone are freed of the disease by the mere touch of his relic and by the sprinkling and drinking of hallowed water; and those afflicted with any illness whatever, fleeing for refuge to the help of the holy martyr, obtain healing; and his glory and praise endure for ever." [Latin rendering:] "The feverish are healed; those suffering in the kidneys and from the stone are freed from the disease by the mere contact of his body and the sprinkling and drinking of sanctified water; and those afflicted by any sickness whatever, fleeing for refuge to the holy martyr's help, obtain a cure; and his glory and praise endure for ever." Cotelier.

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deest in al.

Missing in other copies.

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(11) ‹anchor: παναγίῳ, ἀχράντῳ› · call in col 632

deest in al.

Missing in other copies.

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