Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume VIII/Pseudo-Clementine Literature/The Clementine Homilies/Homily XIII/Chapter 12

Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VIII, Pseudo-Clementine Literature, The Clementine Homilies, Homily XIII
Anonymous, translated by Thomas Smith
Chapter 12
160552Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VIII, Pseudo-Clementine Literature, The Clementine Homilies, Homily XIII — Chapter 12Thomas Smith (1817-1906)Anonymous

Chapter XII.—The Difficulty Solved.

And Peter said:  “Let not wickedness have dominion over us, finding a pretext in Providence and your affection for your mother; but rather abide this day in your fast, and I shall join you in it, and tomorrow she will be baptized.  And, besides, this hour of the day is not suitable for baptism.”  Then we all agreed that it should be so.