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Methodius
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Introductory Notice to Methodius.
[2802] E.V. “Anointed ones,” Zech. 4.14.
[2803] σχοίνισμα: same word as that translated “wick.”—Tr.
Chapter I.—The True and Chaste Virgins Few; Chastity a Contest; Thekla Chief of Virgins.
[2805] Wisd. vii. 9.
[2806] [Compare our Lord’s wisdom and mercy, Matt. xix. 11.]
[2807] The text of Jahn is here followed.—Tr. [I have been obliged to arrange this hymn (so as to bring out the refrain as sung by the chorus of virgins) somewhat differently from the form in the Edinburgh edition. I invite a comparison.]
[2814] [The only one. See p. 355, Elucidation II., infra.]
[2815] In Jahn, Telmesiake.—Tr. [Comp. p. 356, n. 2, infra.]
[2816] [Contrast the shameful close of Plato’s Symposium.]
[2818] [Recur to what is said of Origen and his epoch on p. 224, vol. iv. of this series.]
[2819] [Recur to what is said of Origen and his epoch on p. 224, vol. iv. of this series.]
[2820] [Here is our author’s conclusive condemnation of Origen, whose great mistake, I have supposed, gave occasion to this extraordinary work. Possibly the epoch of Anthony had revived such discussions when this was written.]
I. (We here behold only shadows, etc., p. 335.)
[2821] Introduction to the Dialogues, etc., Dobson’s translation, Cambridge, 1836.
II. (Christ Himself is the one who is born, p. 337.)
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