FOOTNOTE:
[30] Consequently the expression “in Christ” or “in the Lord” is frequently used to denote the fact of a person being a Christian. Thus S. Paul sends greeting to certain, who had been converted before himself, in these words, “Salute Andronicus and Junia who were in Christ before me” (Rom. xvi. 7); and describes the Christians of Palestine, at the time of his visit, as “the Churches of Judæa which were in Christ” (Gal. i. 22). And thus of the Christian departed it is said, “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord” (Rev. xiv. 13).