Gospels of Thomas and Philip and Truth - Syriac Christian Church

epose?
Tales from the Old French, ‘Of the Churl who Won Paradise’ (circa 1200): How
is this, Don Paul of the bald pate, are you now so wrathful who formerly was so fell a
tyrant? Never will there be another so cruel; Saint Stephen paid dear for it when you
had him stoned to death. Well I know the story of your life; thru you many a brave
man died, but in the end God gave you a good big blow. Have we not had to pay for
the bargain and the buffet? Ha, what a divine and what a saint! Do you think I know
you not?
St Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica I-II, Q.103, Art.4, Reply Obj.2 (1272):
According to Jerome, Peter [in Gal 2:6-14] withdrew himself from the Gentiles by
pretense, in order to avoid giving scandal to the Jews, of whom he was the Apostle;
hence he did not sin at all in acting thus. On the other hand, Paul in like manner
made a pretense of blaming him, in order to avoid scandalizing the Gentiles, whose
Apostle he was. But Augustine disapproves of this solution.
John Duns Scotus, Summa Theologica III.55.1, Obj.2 (ed. Jerome of
Montefortino, 1728-34; based on Opus oxoniense, 1298-99): The order in which
Christ's resurrection is related to have been made known, seems inappropriate. For
it is presented as having been revealed firstly to Mary Magdalene, and that through
her the Apostles learned that Christ was alive; but the recorded command of the
Apostle in I-Tim 2 is well-known, saying: ‘I do not permit a woman to teach.’
Desiderius Erasmus, In Praise of Folly (1509): There are many things in St
Paul that thwart themselves.... I was lately myself at a theological dispute, for I am
often there, where when one was demanding what authority there was in Holy Writ
that commands heretics to be convinced by fire rather than reclaimed by argument;
a crabbed old fellow, and one whose supercilious gravity spoke him at least a doctor,
answered in a great fume that Saint Paul had decreed it, who said, ‘Reject him that
is a heretic, after once or twice admonition.’
Sta. Teresa of Avila, Accounts of Conscience XVI (1571): It seemed to me that,
concerning what St Paul says about the confinement of women— which has been
stated to me recently, and even previously I had heard that this would be the will of
God— [the Lord] said to me: ‘Tell them not to follow only one part of the Scripture, to
look at others, and [see] if they will perchance be able to tie my hands.’
Blaise Pascal, Pensées 673 (1660): Saint Paul ... speaks of [marriage] to the
Corinthians [I-Cor 7] in a way which is a snare.
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