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Methodius
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Introductory Notice to Methodius.
[2705] παρθενία.
[2706] παρθενία…παρθεΐα.
[2707] αἱρετή.
[2708] αἴρειν.
[2709] Than of the most ordinary things of life.
Chapter III.—The Lot and Inheritance of Virginity.
[2710] The influence of Plato is traceable, here and elsewhere, throughout the works of Methodius. It has been fully examined in the able work of Jahn, Methodius Platonizans.—Tr. [Elucidation I.]
[2712] Baruch iii. 14, 15. The apocryphal book of Baruch, as bearing the name of the companion of Jeremiah, was usually quoted, in the second and third centuries, as the work of that great prophet.—Tr.
[2714] The same word in the text which is translated wind: πνεῦμα. The play upon the word cannot be preserved in the translation.—Tr.
[2716] St.John v. 39.
[2717] [i.e., the Church. See p 337, note 4, infra.]
[2719] σελήνη.
[2720] σέλας.
[2721] νεοφώτιστοι.
[2722] It is hardly necessary to observe, that amid many interpretations of the passage, this which Methodius condemns is probably the true one, as it is certainly the most natural.—Tr. [It is certainly worth observing, that Methodius has on his side a strong following among the ancients; the interpretation the translator favours having little support save among modern defenders of the late pontiff’s bull Ineffabilis. Elucidation II.]
[2724] In the LXX. “a male.”
Chapter VIII.—The Faithful in Baptism Males, Configured to Christ; The Saints Themselves Christs.
[2725] The baptized.
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