Ευλογον
δ
ενταυθα
γενομενους
ανακεφαλαιωσασθαι
τας
δηλωθεισας
της
καινης
διαθηκης
γραφας.
At this point it seems reasonable to summarize
the writings of the New Testament which
have been cited.
Και
δη
τακτεον
εν
πρωτοις
την
αγιαν
των
ευαγγελιων
τετρακτυν,
οις
επεται
η
των
πραξεων
των
αποστολων
γραφη.
μετα
δε
ταυτην
τας
Παυλου
καταλεκτεον
επιστολας,
αις
εξης
την
φερομενην
Ιωαννου
προτεραν,
και
ομοιως
την
Πετρου
κυρωτεον
επιστολην.
επι
τουτοις
τακτεον,
ειγε
φανειη,
την
αποκαλυψιν
Ιωαννου,
περι
ης
τα
δοξαντα
κατα
καιρον
εκθησομεθα.
και
ταυτα
μεν
εν
ομολογουμενοις.
And indeed in the first places should the holy tetrad
of the gospels be ordered, after which follows the writing of the
Acts of the Apostles. And after this should
be catalogued the epistles of Paul, to which follows the extant epistle of
John, the former one, and likewise should be effected the epistle of Peter.
After these should be ordered, if indeed it appears right, the apocalypse
of John, about which the arguments shall be set out in time. And these are
among the confessed [books].
Των
δ
αντιλεγομενων,
γνωριμων
δ
ουν
ομως
τοις
πολλοις,
η
λεγομενη
Ιακωβου
φερεται,
και
η
Ιουδα,
η
τε
Πετρου
δευτερα
επιστολη,
και
η
ονομαζομενη
δευτερα
και
τριτη
Ιωαννου,
ειτε
του
ευαγγελιστου
τυγχανουσαι,
ειτε
και
ετερου
ομωνυμου
εκεινω.
Of the disputed [books], and those nevertheless known
to the many, the epistle called of James is extant, and that of Jude, and
the second of Peter, and that named the second and third of John, whether
these happen to be of the evangelist or even of another with the same name
as his.
Εν
τοις
νοθοις
κατατεταχθω
και
των
Παυλου
πραξεων
η
γραφη,
ο
τε
λεγομενος
ποιμην,
και
η
αποκαλυψις
Πετρου,
και
προς
τουτοις
η
φερομενη
Βαρναβα
επιστολη,
και
των
αποστολων
αι
λεγομεναι
διδαχαι·
ετι
τε,
ως
εφην,
η
Ιωαννου
αποκαλυψις,
ει
φανειη,
ην
τινες
ως
εφην
αθετουσιν,
ετεροι
δε
εγκρινουσι
τοις
ομολογουμενοις.
ηδη
δ
εν
τουτοις
τινες
και
το
καθ
Εβραιους
ευαγγελιον
κατελεξαν,
ω
μαλιστα
Εβραιων
οι
τον
Χριστον
παραδεξαμενοι
χαιρουσι.
ταυτα
μεν
παντα
των
αντιλεγομενων
αν
ειη.
Among the illegitimate [books] must be ordered
the writing of the Acts of Paul, that
called the Shepherd, and the apocalypse
of Peter, and on top of these the extant epistle of Barnabas, and those
called the teachings of the apostles, and yet, as I said, the apocalypse of
John, if it appears right, which some, as I said, set aside, but others
adjudge it among the confessed [books]. And some indeed catalogue also the
gospel according to the Hebrews among these, in which those of the Hebrews
who have accepted Christ especially rejoice. All these might be of the
disputed [books].
Αναγκαιως
δε
και
τουτων
ομως
τον
καταλογον
πεποιημεθα,
διακριναντες
τας
τε
κατα
την
εκκλησιαστικην
παραδοσιν
αληθεις
και
απλαστους
και
ανωμολογημενας
γραφας,
και
τας
αλλας
παρα
ταυτας,
ουκ
ενδιαθηκους
μεν
αλλα
και
αντιλεγομενας,
ομως
δε
παρα
πλειστοις
των
εκκλησιαστικων
προφερομενας,
ητοι
ως
Πετρου
και
Θωμα
και
Ματθια,
η
και
τινων
παρα
τουτους
αλλων
ευαγγελια
περιεχουσας,
η
ως
Ανδρεου
και
Ιωαννου
και
των
αλλων
αποστολων
πραξεις,
ων
ουδεν
ουδαμως
εν
συγγραμματι
των
κατα
διαδοχας
εκκλησιαστικων
τις
ανηρ
εις
μνημην
αγαγειν
ηξιωσεν.
πορρω
δε
που
και
ο
της
φρασεως
παρα
το
ηθος
το
αποστολικον
εναλλαττει
χαρακτηρ,
η
τε
γνωμη
και
η
των
εν
αυτοις
φερομενων
προαιρεσις
πλειστον
οσον
της
αληθους
ορθοδοξιας
απαδουσα
οτι
δη
αιρετικων
ανδρων
αναπλασματα
τυγχανει,
σαφως
παριστησιν·
οθεν
ουδ
εν
νοθοις
αυτα
κατατακτεον,
αλλ
ως
ατοπα
παντη
και
δυσσεβη
παραιτητεον.
But we have also necessarily made a catalogue of
these likewise, judging between those writings which are, according to
the ecclesiastical tradition, true and genuine and confessed and the others
with these, not testamental but indeed disputed, but likewise available to
most of the ecclesiastical men, either gospels held forth as of Peter or
of Thomas or of Matthias, or also of certain others besides these, or the
acts as of Andrew or of John and the other apostles, of which none of the
ecclesiastical men in the succession has in any way seen fit to make
mention in his writing. And moreover, somehow even the character of the
phrasing differs from the apostolic style, and the opinion and tendency of
those things extant in them is so very far from the true orthodoxy that it
is indeed clear that they happen to be the forgeries of heretical men. They
ought therefore not even to be ordered among the illegitimate [books],
but shunned as altogether improper and irreligious.