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Justin Martyr
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Introductory Note to the Writings of Justin Martyr
[1888] Comp. Deut. xxxii. 22.
Chapter LX.—Plato’s doctrine of the cross.
[1889] Literally, “that which is treated physiologically.”
[1890] He impressed him as a χιασμα, i.e., in the form of the letter χ upon the universe. Plato is speaking of the soul of the universe. [Timæus, Opp., vol. ix. p. 314. And see note of Langus (p. 37) on p. 113 of Grabe. Here crops out the Platonic philosopher speaking after the fashion of his contemporaries, perhaps to conciliate his sovereign. See Professor Jowett’s Introduction to the Timæus, which will aid the students.]
[1892] Τὰ δὲ τρίτα περὶ τὸν τρίτον.
Chapter LXI.—Christian baptism.
[1895] Chap. xliv.
Chapter LXII.—Its imitation by demons.
[1897] Thirlby conjectures that Justin here confused in his mind the histories of Moses and Jacob.
Chapter LXIII.—How God appeared to Moses.
[1904] [Rather, “of your empire.”]
Chapter LXIV.—Further misrepresentations of the truth.
[1906] Chap. lix.
[1907] And therefore caused her to preside over the waters, as above.
Chapter LXV.—Administration of the sacraments.
[1908] The kiss of charity, the kiss of peace, or “the peace” (ἡ εἰπήνη), was enjoined by the Apostle Paul in his Epistles to the Corinthians, Thessalonians, and Romans, and thence passed into a common Christian usage. It was continued in the Western Church, under regulations to prevent its abuse, until the thirteenth century. Stanley remarks (Corinthians, i. 414), “It is still continued in the worship of the Coptic Church.”
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