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| Mattidia Has Unintentionally Fasted One Day.
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Chapter XI.—Mattidia Has
Unintentionally Fasted One Day.
“But since your mother has real confidence
in the efficacy of baptism,1172
| 1172 Lit., “since
your mother is faithfully disposed in regard to baptism.” | let her fast at
least one day before her baptism.” But she swore:
“During the two past days, while I related to the woman1173
| 1173 The second
Epitome makes her the wife of Peter: a various reading
mentions also her hostess. | all the events connected with the
recognition, I could not, in consequence of my excessive joy, partake
of food: only yesterday I took a little water.”
Peter’s wife bore testimony to her statement with an oath,
saying: “In truth she did not taste anything.”
And Aquila, who must rather be called Faustinianus1174
| 1174 Dressel strangely
prefers the reading “Faustinus.” | in future, said: “There is
nothing, therefore, to prevent her being baptized.” And
Peter, smiling, replied: “But that is not a baptismal fast
which has not taken place on account of the baptism
itself.” And Faustinus answered: “Perhaps God,
not wishing to separate our mother a single day after our recognition
from our table, has arranged beforehand the fast. For as she was
chaste in the times of her ignorance, doing what the true religion
inculcated,1175
| 1175 Lit., “doing
what was becoming to the truth.” | so even now
perhaps God has arranged that she should fast one day before for the
sake of the true baptism, that, from the first day of her recognising
us, she might take her meals along with us.”
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