Matthew 16:18
Just as those who, by adding fuel to what is already burning, raise the flame higher, so also those who hastened to destroy Christ’s church, through the persecution, led it forward into greater glory and power. And if, he says, they do not prevail over the church — then he also names another honor (Matthew 16:18).
Greek
Ὥσπερ οἱ τῇ προσθήκῃ τῆς ὕλης τῆς καιομένης ἐπὶ τὸ μεῖζον αἴροντες τὴν φλόγα, οὕτως καὶ οἱ καθελεῖν τὴν τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐκκλησίαν σπουδάσαντες διὰ τὸν διωγμὸν αὐτὴν εἰς μεῖζον δόξης προήγαγον καὶ δυνάμεως. εἰ δὲ τῆς ἐκκλησίας, φησίν, οὐ κατισχύουσιν–εἶτα καὶ ἑτέραν λέγει τιμήν.
About this text
Catena fragments on Matthew (CPG 5206). Contents follow Matthew chapter and verse. Edition fragment numbers stay in About this text and under each passage.
English follows the named copy-text (Aegean/khazarzar Migne PG 72 extract). Other prints were checked as noted; no silent merge of recensions.
Witnesses
- Copy-text Migne PG 72 Commentarii in Matthaeum (Aegean Digital Patrologia / khazarzar) (Greek · CPG 5206 catena fragments (290 parsed heads))
- Checked print matia.gr mirror of same Aegean extract (Greek · Byte-identical PDF; integrity check only)
- Checked print Internet Archive PG 72 volume OCR (bim … 1859_72) (Greek (OCR damaged) · Locus confirmation only; not used as reading text)
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