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Book 6 Minor Writers
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[1283] Hist. Eccl., vii. 32.
[1284] Præpositus cubiculariorum.
[1285] See Neander’s Church History, vol. i. p. 197 (Bohn). [Christians began to be preferred for their probity. Diocletian’s reign at first gave the Church a long peace (see vol. iv. p. 126) of well-nigh ten years.]
The Epistle of Theonas, Bishop of Alexandria, to Lucianus, the Chief Chamberlain.
[1286] In Dacherii Spicilegium, iii. pp. 297–299.
[1287] In salutis nostræ unicum remedium.
[1289] Ascriptus.
[1290] [A beautiful concern of our author for the honour of the Master seems to have dictated this noble letter. Matt. v. 16.]
[1292] Nudum.
[1293] [See note 1, p. 108, supra.]
[1294] Qui zelo fidei inceditis.
[1297] [A most important hint to the clergy in their accounts with the Church.]
[1299] Murrhine vessels were first introduced into Rome by Pompey. They were valued chiefly for their variegated colours, and were extremely costly. Some think they were made of onyx stone, others of variegated glass: but most modern writers suppose that what is meant was some sort of porcelain.
[1300] [A lofty spirit of liberal love for literature is here exemplified.]
[1301] It is from these words that the inference is drawn that this epistle was written by a Greek.
[1302] [The teachings of Clement had formed the minor morals of Christians. See vol. ii. book ii. pp. 237, 284.]
[1303] [Thus is reflected the teaching of St. Paul, 1 Tim. v. 2. All women to be honoured, and “all purity” to characterize society with them.]
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