Methodius

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^[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.

Chapter IV.—Exhortation to the Cultivation of Virginity; A Passage from the Apocalypse is Proposed to Be Examined.

^[2713] Rev. xii. 1-6.

^[2714] The same word in the text which is translated wind: πνεῦμα. The play upon the word cannot be preserved in the translation.—Tr.

^[2715] Rev. xii. 1-6.

^[2716] St.John v. 39.

Chapter V.—The Woman Who Brings Forth, to Whom the Dragon is Opposed, the Church; Her Adornment and Grace.

^[2717] [i.e., the Church. See p 337, note 4, infra.]

^[2718] Isa. lx. 1-4.

Chapter VI.—The Works of the Church, the Bringing Forth of Children in Baptism; The Moon in Baptism, the Full Moon of Christ’s Passion.

^[2719] σελήνη.

^[2720] σέλας.

^[2721] νεοφώτιστοι.

Chapter VII.—The Child of the Woman in the Apocalypse Not Christ, But the Faithful Who are Born in the Laver.

^[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.]

^[2723] Isa. lxvi. 7, 8.

^[2724] In the LXX. “a male.”

Chapter VIII.—The Faithful in Baptism Males, Configured to Christ; The Saints Themselves Christs.

^[2725] The baptized.

^[2726] Gal. iv. 19.

^[2727] Ps. cv. 15.

^[2728] χριστῶν.

^[2729] Anointed.

^[2730] Eph. iii. 14-17.

Chapter IX.—The Son of God, Who Ever Is, is To-Day Begotten in the Minds and Sense of the Faithful.

^[2731] Ps. ii. 7.

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