disciples, Peter, James and John, and led them aside up
a high mountain, and was glorified before them, and His face shone
like the sun, and His clothing was white as the light, and there
appeared to Him Moses and Elias, who spoke with Him, while a light
cloud overshadowed them, and a voice out of the cloud said, This is
my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye Him. When the
disciples heard that, they fell on their faces, and were very much
afraid. But Jesus went to them, roused them up, and said, stand up,
be not afraid; then they lifted up their eyes, and saw no one but
Jesus only, and when they went down from the mountain He charged them
that they should tell no one of this sight till He arose from the
dead.

So St. Peter would now say, that which I preach to you of Christ and
of His coming, this Gospel that we preach, we have not devised or yet
imagined, nor taken it from cunning fabulists who know how to speak
brilliantly of all things (such as at that very time the Greeks
were), for it is mere fable, and fancy, and idle babbling that they
cunningly give forth, and wherein they would be wise,--such we have
not listened to, nor have we followed them; that is, we preach not
what is from the hands of men, but are sure that it is of God, and
have become so through our eyes and ears;--that is to say, When we
were with Christ upon the mountain, and saw and heard His glory; for
His glory was this, that His face shone like the sun, and His
clothing was as white as snow; besides, we heard a voice from the
highest Majesty, "This is my beloved Son; hear ye Him."

So confident should every preacher be, and not be in doubt thereon,
that he has God's word, that he could even die for it, since it is
worth our life. Now there is no man so holy that he must needs die
for the doctrine which he has taught of himself; wherefore it is
inferred here that the Apostles have had assurance from God that
their Gospel was God's word. And here it is also shown that the
Gospel is nothing else than the preaching of Christ. Therefore we
should hear no other preaching, for the Father will have no other.
"That is my dear Son," He says; "hear Him." He is your Teacher--as
though He had said, "When ye hear Him, then ye have heard me."
Wherefore Peter now says, we have preached Christ and made Him known
to you, that He is Lord, and rules over all things, and all power is
His; and that whosoever believes on Him has likewise such power. Such