Pseudo-Clement of Rome, Recognitions 2.62.3-2.63.3
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Caesarea

are directly attested at Pseudo-Clement of Rome, Recognitions 2.62.3-2.63.3. This passage was written ca. 220-373 CE possibly in Edessa?. The Pseudo-Clementine body of literature purports to relate the interactions between Clement of Rome, a first century Christian bishop of Rome, and the Apostle Peter (the traditional first bishop of Rome)., including a meeting of the two in Caesarea Maritima. The Pseudo-Clementine texts survive in two different versions, the Homilies and the Recognitions. While both are perhaps derived from an earlier "basic" text written in Greek in the third century C.E., the Homilies and Recognitions survive onlu in translation. This testimonium is taken from the Syriac version of the Recognitions which was translated some time before 373 C.E., most likely by the Syriac literary school at Edessa. In this testimonium, the Apostle Peter debates a Samaritan rival names Simon. During the course of the debate, Peter describes having seen Caesarea in a dream without having ever visited. After Peter recounts the wandering visions of his soul, his brother Andrew warns him sharply that such wandering could be the sign of a demonic deception.

ܘܟܕ ܗܟܝܠ ܒܟܦܪܢܚܘܡ ܒܫܘܪܝܐ ܐܡܬܝ ܕܒܨܝܕܐ ܕܢܘ̈ܢܐ ܐܝܬܝ ܗܘܝܬ. ܘܥܠ ܟܐܦܐ ܝܬܒ ܗܘܝܬ ܘܒܘܥܐ ܒܥܘܡܩܐ ܫܕܐ ܗܘܐ ܠܝ. ܘܒܢܘܢܐ ܕܐܬܤܝܕ ܠܐ ܐܪܓܫܬ. ܡܛܠ ܕܪܥܝܢܝ ܡܬܝܚ ܗܘܐ. ܠܘܬ ܐܘܪܫܠܡ ܗܝ ܕܡܚܒ ܗܘܝܬ ܕܠܗ ܙܒ̈ܢܬܐ ܣܓ̈ܝܐܬܐ ܒܥܠܬܐ ܕܩܘܪܒܢܐ ܐܙܠ ܗܘܝܬ. ܒܫܪܪܐ. ܒܪܡ ܕܝܢ ܐܦ ܠܩܣܪܝܐ ܗܕܐ ܕܣܓܝ̈ܐܐ ܡܬܕܡܪܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܒܗ ܚܙܐ ܗܘܝܬ ܒܗ ܒܚܘܒܐ ܐܦ ܟܕ ܠܐ ܚܙܝܐ ܗܘܬ ܠܝ.... ܘܗܟܢܐ ܗܟܝܠ ܒܦܓܪܝ ܒܟܦܪܢܚܘܡ ܐܝܬܝ ܗܘܝܬ. ܘܒܢܦܫܝ ܕܝܢ ܒܐܘܪܫܠܡ ܘܒܩܣܪܝܐ ܦܗܐ ܗܘܝܬ.

While in Capernaum, in the beginning when I was a fisherman, I was sitting on a rock and had thrown the hook into the deep, I did not notice the fish that had been caught because my mind was extended toward Jerusalem, which I loved, to which I had many times truly journeyed for the purpose of offering. But I was also seeing in affection this Caesarea that many have marveled at, even though I had never seen it… thus therefore in my body I was in Capernaum, but in my soul I was roaming in Jerusalem and in Caesarea.

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