(From the "Works of the apostolic Fathers" of Karl Josef von Hefele, <published> at Tubingen, 1842, in octavo)
Author: Karl Josef von Hefele
Googlebooks PDF: PG001
IV. Several of the ancients praise passages of the Clementine epistle that are not read in our copies. E.g., Basil, <in the> book on the holy Spirit, chapter 29, number 72, tome 3, page 61, ed. B.B.[[A]], writes: "But also Clement more anciently (<perhaps> "more ancient") says, 'God lives, and the Lord Jesus Christ <lives>, and the holy Spirit <lives>.'"[[29]]
But futile are the reckonings of those who on account of this reason have attacked the authority of our epistle; for perhaps all these passages, of which the number is small, once were read after chapter 57, where an entire leaf <of parchment> fell out. Certainly that statement of Basil's, as Frey pointed out, very opportunely suits that place and can be accommodated in the epistle [running down to the end].
Notes
29. You will find the remaining passages in Gallandi, "Library <of the ancient Fathers>", tome 1, page 44 and following.
My Notes
A. The only plausible name I can come up with for "B.B" is Beriah Botfield, who was a "well known bibliographer" who published a collection of prefaces to first printed edition of ancient texts. But I'm not sure this is the same person.
But futile are the reckonings of those who on account of this reason have attacked the authority of our epistle; for perhaps all these passages, of which the number is small, once were read after chapter 57, where an entire leaf <of parchment> fell out. Certainly that statement of Basil's, as Frey pointed out, very opportunely suits that place and can be accommodated in the epistle [running down to the end].
Notes
29. You will find the remaining passages in Gallandi, "Library <of the ancient Fathers>", tome 1, page 44 and following.
My Notes
A. The only plausible name I can come up with for "B.B" is Beriah Botfield, who was a "well known bibliographer" who published a collection of prefaces to first printed edition of ancient texts. But I'm not sure this is the same person.
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