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Introductory Note to the Epistles of Ignatius
Chapter IV.—The malignity and folly of Satan.
[1321] [This is the idea worked out by St. Bernard. See my note (supra) suffixed to the Syriac Epistle to Ephesians.]
[1322] The various Gnostic sects are here referred to, who held that matter was essentially evil, and therefore denied the reality of our Lord’s incarnation.
[1323] The ms. has μαγείας, “of magic;” we have followed the emendation proposed by Faber.
[1324] Literally, “heretical in respect to phantasy.”
[1325] Literally, is “various,” or “manifold.”
Chapter V.—Apostrophe to Satan.
[1328] Matt. iv. 23, Matt. ix. 35.
[1329] Reference seems to be made to obscene heathen practices.
Chapter VII.—Continuation: inconsistency of Satan.
[1330] i.e., so as to have no separate personality from the Father. Comp. Epistle to the Tarsians, chap. ii.
[1331] Literally, “and taking away Christ from being born.”
[1332] Literally, “double.”
Chapter VIII.—Continuation: ignorance of Satan.
[1333] According to many of the Fathers, Satan was in great ignorance as to a multitude of points connected with Christ. [See my note at end of the Syriac Epistle to Ephesians, supra.]
Chapter IX.—Continuation: ignorance of Satan.
[1334] Literally, “thou wast dizzy in the head.”
[1335] Literally, “on account of the paltry things.”
[1336] Literally, “small.”
[1338] Or, “the belly.”
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