By Water & Blood

Homily 20, Chapter 1: Peter is Willing to Gratify Sophonias

In the night-time Peter rose up and wakened us, and then sat down in his usual way, and said: Ask me questions about anything you like. And Sophonias was the first to begin to speak to him: Will you explain to us who are eager to learn what is the real truth in regard to evil? And Peter said: I have already explained it in the course of my discussion with Simon; but because I stated the truth in regard to it in combination with other topics, it was not altogether clearly put; for many topics that seem to be of equal weight with the truth afford some kind of knowledge of the truth to the masses. So that, if now I state what I formerly stated to Simon along with many topics, do not imagine that you are not honoured with honour equal to his. And Sophonias said: You are right; for if you now separate it for us from many of the topics that were then discussed, you will make the truth more evident.