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De Oratione
XXVI.
[1] Fratrem domum tuam introgressum ne sine oratione dimiseris - Vidisti, inquit, fratrem, uidisti Dominum tuum - maxime aduenam, ne angelus forte sit. [2] Sed nec ipse a fratribus exceptus priora feceris refrigeria terrena caelestibus; statim enim iudicabitur fides tua. Aut quomodo secundum praeceptum Pax huic domui dices, nisi et eis qui in domo sunt pacem mutuam reddas?
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On Prayer
Chapter XXVI.--Of the Parting of Brethren.
You will not dismiss a brother who has entered your house without prayer.--"Have you seen," says Scripture, "a brother? you have seen your Lord;" 1 --especially "a stranger," lest perhaps he be "an angel." But again, when received yourself by brethren, you will not make 2 earthly refreshments prior to heavenly, for your faith will forthwith be judged. Or else how will you--according to the precept 3 --say, "Peace to this house," unless you exchange mutual peace with them who are in the house?
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I have ventured to turn the first part of the sentence into a question. What "scripture" this may be, no one knows. [It seems to me a clear reference to Matt. xxv. 38, amplified by the 45th verse, in a way not unusual with our author.] Perhaps, in addition to the passages in Gen. xviii. and Heb. xiii. 2, to which the editors naturally refer, Tertullian may allude to such passages as Mark. ix. 37; Matt. xxv. 40, 45. [Christo in pauperibus.] ↩
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I have followed Routh's conjecture, "feceris" for "fecerit," which Oehler does not even notice. ↩
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Luke x. 5. ↩