[25] Justin, Apol. ii. 5., Eisenmenger, ut sup. [↑]
[26] Homil. viii. 18 f., ix. 9 f. [↑]
[27] Orat. contra Græcos, 16. [↑]
[28] See his Commentatio de dæmoniacis quorum in N. T. fit mentio, and his minute consideration of demoniacal cases. So early as the time of Origen, physicians gave natural explanations of the state of those supposed to be possessed. Orig. in [Matth. xvii. 15]. [↑]
[29] B. Comm. 1, s. 296, Anm. [↑]
[31] S. 302, after the example of Paulus, exeg. Handb. 1, b, s. 474. [↑]
[33] Thus Asmodeus chooses Sara and her husband as objects of torment and destruction, not because either the former or the latter were particularly wicked, but because Sara’s beauty attracted him. [Tob. vi. 12–15]. [↑]