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[314] Elucidation II.
[315] “Sacramentum” in Latin is, among other meanings, “a military oath.”
[316] “Virgam.” The vine switch, or rod, in the Roman army was a mark of the centurion’s (i.e., captain’s) rank.
[317] To fasten the ephod; hence the buckle worn by soldiers here referred to would probably be the belt buckle. Buckles were sometimes given as military rewards (White and Riddle).
[318] As soldiers with belts.
[319] Matt. xxvi. 52; 2 Cor. x. 4; John xviii. 36.
[320] See Luke iii. 12, 13.
[321] Matt. viii. 5, etc.; Luke vii. 1, etc.
Chapter XX.—Concerning Idolatry in Words.
[322] Neither Oehler nor any editor seems to have discovered the passage here referred to.
[324] Ex. xxiii. 13. [St. Luke, nevertheless, names Castor and Pollux, Acts xxviii. 2., on our author’s principle.]
[327] Because Scripture calls idols “vanities” and “vain things.” See 2 Kings xvii. 15, Ps. xxiv. 4, Isa. lix. 4, Deut. xxxii. 21, etc.
[328] Ps. xcvi. 5. The LXX. in whose version ed. Tisch. it is Ps. xcv. read δαιμόνια, like Tertullian. Our version has “idols.”
[329] Mehercule. Medius Fidius. I have given the rendering of the latter, which seems preferred by Paley (Ov. Fast. vi. 213, note), who considers it = me dius (i.e., Deus) fidius juvet. Smith (Lat. Dict. s.v.) agrees with him, and explains it, me deus fidius servet. White and Riddle (s.v.) take the me (which appears to be short) as a “demonstrative” particle or prefix, and explain, “By the God of truth!” “As true as heaven,” “Most certainly.”
Chapter XXI.—Of Silent Acquiescence in Heathen Formularies.
[330] i.e., for fear of being discovered to be a Christian (Oehler).
[331] See Matt. v. 44, 1 Pet. iii. 9, etc.
Chapter XXII.—Of Accepting Blessing in the Name of Idols.
[332] i.e., the precept which enjoins me to “do good and lend.”
[333] Elucidation III.
Chapter XXIII.—Written Contracts in the Name of Idols. Tacit Consent.
[334] Or, “mortgaged.”
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