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Theophilus
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Introductory Note to Theophilus of Antioch
[683] Literally, Hieromus.
[684] In this register it seems that the number of years during which each person lived does not include the years of his reign.
Chapter XXIII.—Prophets More Ancient Than Greek Writers.
[685] But the meaning here is obscure in the original. Malachi was much later than Zechariah.
[686] [Usher, in his Annals, honours our author as the father of Christian chronology, p. 3. Paris, 1673.]
Chapter XXIV.—Chronology from Adam.
[687] i.e., till he begat Seth. [A fragment of the Chronicon of Julius Africanus, a.d. 232, is given in Routh’s Reliquiæ, tom. ii. p. 238, with very rich annotations. pp. 357–509.]
Chapter XXVI.—Contrast Between Hebrew and Greek Writings.
[688] [Usher notes this as affirmed in general terms only, and qualified afterwards, in cap. xxix, infra, note i, p. 121.]
Chapter XXVIII.—Leading Chronological Epochs.
[689] [As Verus died a.d. 169, the computation of our author makes the creation, b.c. 5529. Hales, who says b.c. 5411, inspires us with great respect for Theophilus, by the degree of accuracy he attained, using (the LXX.) the same authority as his base. Slight variations in the copies used in his day might have led, one would think, to greater discrepancies.]
Chapter XXIX.—Antiquity of Christianity.
[690] Another reading gives, “both of the antiquity of our religion.”
[691] [Usher quotes this concession as to the ἀκριβεία or minute delicacy he could not attain. Ut supra, p. 119, note 1.]
[692] Berosus flourished in the reign of Alexander the Great.
Chapter XXX.—Why the Greeks Did Not Mention Our Histories.
[693] Otto prefers σύμβουλον instead of σύμβολον, on the authority of one ms. The sense then is, “that you may have a counsellor and pledge of the truth,”—the counsellor and pledge of the truth being the book written by Theophilus for Autolycus. [This has been supposed to mean, “that you may have a token and pledge (or earnest) of the truth,” i.e., in Christian baptism. Our author uses St. Paul’s word (ἀῤῥαβὼν), “the earnest of the spirit,” as in 2 Cor. i. 22, and Eph. 1.14.]
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