Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume VIII/Pseudo-Clementine Literature/The Clementine Homilies/Homily XIII/Chapter 12

Chapter XII.&#8212;The Difficulty Solved.

And Peter said:&#160; &#8220;Let not wickedness have dominion over us, finding a pretext in Providence and your affection for your mother; but rather abide this day in your fast, and I shall join you in it, and tomorrow she will be baptized.&#160; And, besides, this hour of the day is not suitable for baptism.&#8221;&#160; Then we all agreed that it should be so.