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Ignatius
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Introductory Note to the Epistles of Ignatius
[1416] Or, “received.”
[1417] Literally, “a portion of.”
Chapter IV.—Ignatius writes to the churches.
[1418] The Latin version has, “that he was to.” [But compare the martyr’s Epistle to the Romans (cap. 5); “yet am I not thereby justified,” —a double reference to St. Paul’s doctrine, 1 Cor. iv. 4 and 1 Cor. xiii. 3. See also his quotation (Sept., Prov. xviii. 17). Epistle to Magnesians, cap 12.]
[1419] The punctuation and construction are here doubtful.
[1420] Or, “should prevent him from hastening to the Lord.”
Chapter V.—Ignatius is brought to Rome.
[1421] Or, “corrected.”
[1422] Comp.Acts xxviii. 13, 14.
[1423] Literally, “the ship being driven onwards from the stern.”
[1424] Literally, “declaring happy.”
Chapter VI.—Ignatius is devoured by the beasts at Rome.
[1425] [Of which we shall learn more when we come to Hippolytus. Trajan had just improved the work of Claudius at this haven, near Ostia.]
[1426] Literally, “for the.”
[1427] Literally, “boiling and saying.”
[1428] Or, “in spirit.”
[1429] i.e., in his Epistle to the Romans.
[1430] The Saturnalia were then celebrated.
[1431] Literally, “they came together zealously.”
[1432] The amphitheatre itself was sacred to several of the gods. [But (παρὰ τῷ ναῷ) the original indicates the cella or shrine, in the centre of the amphitheatre where the image of Pluto was exhibited. A plain cross, until the late excavations, marked the very spot.]
[1434] Or, “deposited.”
Chapter VII.—Ignatius appears in a vision after his death.
[1435] [The Greeks celebrate this martyrdom, to this day, on the twentieth of December.]
[1436] To the effect, viz., that the martyrdom of Ignatius had been acceptable to God.
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