[[1]] On the virtuous aspect of the contemporary empire, see Renan, Les Apôtres, pp. 306 ff.

[[2]] Rom. ii. 14.

[[3]] See [app. note B], p. 255.

[[4]] Is. xxxiii. 14, 15.

[[5]] Cf. [app. note C], p. 263, for a similar thought in a contemporary Jewish book.

DIVISION I. § 4. CHAPTER II. 11-22.

Salvation in the church.

The salvation social