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Introductory Note to Theophilus of Antioch
[521] Book iv. cap. 24. Thus he with others met the “grievous wolves” foretold by St. Paul “night and day with tears,” three years continually (Acts xx. 29-31).
[523] Renan, St. Paul, cap. 1., Farrar, Life of St. Paul, cap. xvi.
[524] [Our chronological arrangement must yield in minute accuracy to other considerations; and we may borrow an excuse from our author, who notes the difficulty of microscopic ἀκριβεία in his own chronological labours (book iii. cap. 29). It was impossible to crowd Tatian and Theophilus into vol. i. of this series, without dividing Irenæus, and putting part of his works in vol. ii. But, in the case of contemporaries, this dislocation is trifling, and creates no confusion.]
Chapter I.—Autolycus an Idolater and Scorner of Christians.
[525] [Acts xi. 26. Note this as from an Antiochian, glorying in the name of Christian.]
[526] Εὔχρηστος, punning on the name Christian. [Comp cap xii., infra. So Justin, p. 164, vol. i., this series. But he also puns on his own name, “beloved of God,” in the text φορῶ τὸ Θεοφιλὲς ὄνομα τοῦτὀ κ.τ.λ.]
Chapter II.—That the Eyes of the Soul Must Be Purged Ere God Can Be Seen.
[527] Literally, “your man;” the invisible soul, as the noblest pat of man, being probably intended.
[528] The techincal word for a disease of the eye, like cataract.
[529] The translation here follows the Hamburg editor, others read, “If Father, I say everything.”
[530] Maranus observes that Theophilus means to indicate the difference between God’s chastisement of the righteous and His punishment of the wicked.
Chapter IV.—Attributes of God.
[531] [Kaye’s Justin, p. 173.]
Chapter V.—The Invisible God Perceived Through His Works.
[532] The reference here is not to the Holy Spirit, but to that vital power which is supposed to be diffused thorughout the universe. Comp. book ii. 4.
Chapter VI.—God is Known by His Works.
[533] Literally, “propagation.”
Chapter VII.—We Shall See God When We Put on Immortality.
Chapter VIII.—Faith Required in All Matters.
[537] i.e., in the resurrection.
Chapter X.—Absurdities of Idolatry.
[538] [Foot-baths. A reference to Amasis, and his story in Heredotus, ii. 172. See Rawlinson’s Version and Notes, vol. ii. p. 221, ed. Appletons, 1859. See also Athanagoras, infra, Embassy, cap. xxvi.]
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