Letter 57: Join in the fight against this man, I beg you by all that is holy.
To Oatiepianos.
On the saying, "Neither do they put new wine into old wineskins." [Matthew 9:17]
Those who have rotted away through age, and who have rejected the new grace, the Lord called old wineskins, since they burst apart and pour out the new word of the kingdom. Such was Caiaphas shown to be: for when he heard from the Lord that "I am the Son of God," he tore his garments. But Peter, having received the law of the Spirit of life, not only did not refuse when he was taught, but even when merely questioned he confessed, displaying his knowledge of the truth as something inborn.
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Latin / Greek Original
Εἰς τὸ εἰρημένον, «Οὐδὲ βάλλουσιν οἶνον νέον εἰς ἀσκοὺς παλαιούς.»
Τοὺς σαπέντας, τῇ παλαιότητι, καὶ τὴν νέαν χάριν ἀθετήσαντας, ἀσκοὺς παλαιοὺς ὁ Κύριος προσηγόρευσεν, ὡς διαῤῥηγνυμένους, καὶ τὸν καινὸν λόγον τῆς βασιλείας ἐχέοντας. Τοιοῦτος ὁ Καϊάφας ἐλήλεγκται. Ἀκούσας γὰρ παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου, ὅτι Υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰμι, διέῤῥηξε τὰ ἱμάτια. Ὁ δὲ Πέτρος τὸν νόμον τοῦ Πνεύματος τῆς ζωῆς προσδεξάμενος, οὐ μόνον διδασκόμενος οὐκ ἀνένευσεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ μόνον ἐρωτηθεὶς ὡμολόγησεν, ἔμφυτον δείξας τῆς ἀληθείας τὴν εἴδησιν.
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