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The Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena 11

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And Xanthippe said to Paul, Teacher, my heart is greatly consumed because I have not as yet received baptism.

2And after this Probus being again moved by the devil, cast Paul out of the house and shut up Xanthippe in her chamber.

3Then one of the chief men, Philotheus by name, besought the great Paul to come into his house, but the great Paul was unwilling to do so, saying, Lest Probus trouble your house on my account.

4Philotheus said to him, Nay, father, I am not at all subject to him, for in no other thing is he greater than me, except in rank, and that because the parents of Xanthippe are above me.

5But if Probus come to me, I am above him in riches and in war.

6Then Paul, the great apostle of the Lord, was persuaded, and went into the house of Philotheus the ex-prefect.

7All this was done by the Evil one that Xanthippe might receive holy baptism with tribulation, and be faint-hearted concerning the commandments of Christ.

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About The Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena

An apocryphal or pseudepigraphal text — outside the canon of the Western churches, yet widely circulated among ancient Jews and Christians. Published here from a public-domain translation, edited for continuous reading.