The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-03
Early Miracles Of Christ.
What Tradition and Apocryphal Books
Tell of Them. "
Tell of Them.

The miracles wrought by Christ in his
public ministry are scarcely touched upon
by any of the better-known a~pocryphal Cos
Iels. Such matter comes mainly from pa
tristio and heretical sources and from rag-
ments discovered but recently. I have em-
bodied in the narrative below some of the
stories Of this kind.
It came to pass as the twelve apostles
were going with tho Lord into O temple Of
| the Gentiles that he might make known IN
to them the ignorance of the devil, that
the chief priests. having beheld the disciples
following Jesus. said to them: 20 wretches,
J why do ye walk with him who saith, I am
I the son of God?' Do We mean to say that
God hath a son? Which Of you hath ever
at any time seen God associating with a
woman Is not this the son Of Joseph the
carpenter. and his mother is Mary. and his
brothers James and Simon?"
Now the hearts of the apostles were
turned into weakness when they heard
these words. And Jesus. having known that
their hearts were giving way. took them
into a desert place. and did great miracles
before them. displaying to them all his god
head. And the apostles spake to the chief
priests, saying, Come ye also, and see;
for behold, he hath persuaded US"
And the chief priests having come, went
with them. And when they had gone into
the temple Of the Gentiles. Jesus showed
the apostles the heaven. that they might
know whether the things were true or not
And there went in along with them thirty
men of the people. and four chief priests.
And Jesus having looked on the right hand
and on the left OF the temple, saw two
sculptured s%phinxes. one on the right and
one on the left. And Jesus turning to
the apostles. said: "Behold the sign Of the
cross, for these are like the cherubim and
seraphim which are in heaven" Then Je-
sus, having looked to the right, where the
sphinx was, said to It: 81 say unto thee.
Thou Inn on nf that u-ftCh Ia In haavQn
which the hands of craftsmen have sculp-
tured; be separated from they place, and
come down. and answer and convict the
chief priests and show them whether I am
God or man."
And Immediately the sphinx removed from
Its place. and having assumed q human
voice, said: 20 foolish sons Of Israel. not
only has the binding of their W hearts
not been enough for them. but they also
wish others to be blind like themselves.
saying that God is man: who in the begin
ming fashioned man and put the breath into
all: who gave motion to those things which
move not He It is who called Abraham.
who loved his son Isaac, who brought back
his beloved Jacob into his land. He 1t Is
who p%repareth great benefits for those who
obey him and prepareth punishment for
those who believe him not. Pretend not
that I am only an idol which can be touched
with hands; for I say unto you that the
temples are more excellent than your syn
agogues.
For though We are stones, and the
priests have given US only the name Of a |
god: yet those priests who serve the temple I
purify themselves. being afraid of the
demons. For If they lave become GER
emonially u~nclean, they purify themselves
seven days, because of their fear; so that |
they do not come into the temple because
of us. on account Of the name Of a god
which they have given US. But ye, II ye
have committed fornication. take up the
law Of God. and go into the synagogue of
God, and read, and do not reverence tho
glorious words Of God. Because of this, I
say unto you that the temples purify your
synagogues. SO that they also become
churches of his only-begotten Son." |
The sphinx. having said this, ceased
speaking, and the apostles said to the chief
priests, Nov 1t is fitting that 70 should !
believe. because even the stones have con-
victed you" AND the Jews answered and
said: b. magic these stones speak,, and |
90 not We think that 1t Is q god? For II
We nave tested what has been said by theI
stone, .ye nave ascertained its deception. !
For where did Jesus see Abraham, or how |
did ne see him? For Abraham died many
years before he was born, and how doth
he know him?s
Then Jesus, having again turned to the ]
not that Iaaavs spoken With Abraham, 90