Читать толкование: К Титу послание ап. Павла, Глава 1, стих 15. Толкователь — Иероним Стридонский блаженный

Здесь апостол не собирается спорить о том, что приносится в жертву демонам; но говорит против иудеев, следующих запрету упраздненного закона, признающих что-то чистым, а что-то нечистым.

He had said above, “For there are many who are insubordinate, vain talkers, and deceivers, especially those who are of the circumcision.” And of those who had been deceived by them, he added in what follows, “Re¬buke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith, not giving heed to Judaic myths and to the commands of men who turn away the truth.” And just as he treats in great detail to the Galatians and to the Romans, they thought that there was a distinction between foods, since some seemed pure, some impure, therefore he adds now, “To the pure all things are pure,” namely, to those who believe in Christ and know that every created thing is good and nothing is to be rejected that is received with thanksgiving. “But to the defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure,” because “their mind and conscience are polluted.” Therefore even what is pure by nature becomes impure to them. It is not that something becomes either pure or impure, but in view of the nature of those eating, it becomes pure to the pure and impure to the defiled.

In any case, even the bread of benediction and the Lord’s cup does not help any unbelievers and defiled, since the one who eats of that bread and drinks of the cup unworthily eats and drinks judgment upon himself. At the coming of Christ all things have been cleansed.What he cleansed, we cannot make common. But one should take heed that in treating these matters we do not give opportunity to that heresy which, according to the Apocalypse and according to the apostle himself too when writing to the Corinthians, thinks that one should eat from things sacrificed to idols, since “to the pure all things are pure.”
For the apostle did not at this time propose to discuss those things that are sacrificed to demons. Instead, his discussion is directed against the Jews who think that certain things are pure, others impure, in accordance with the discipline of the abolished law. He says, “For we cannot be sharers in the table of the Lord and the table of demons; nor can we simultaneously drink the Lord’s cup and the cup of demons.”And so, to eat either pure or impure things lies in us. For if we are pure, to us the created thing is pure. But if on the other hand we are impure and unbelieving, everything becomes common to us, either through the heresy inhabiting our hearts or through the consciousness of trans-gressions. Further, if our conscience does not rebuke us, we will have the confidence of piety before the Lord. “We will pray in the Spirit, we will also pray with the mind.” And we will be far removed from those of whom it is now written, “Both their mind and conscience is polluted.”